bug#56963: closed (29.0.50; trampified make-empty-file on macOS)

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regarding 29.0.50; trampified make-empty-file on macOS
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> Subject: 
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> 29.0.50; trampified make-empty-file on macOS
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> Date: 
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> Wed, 03 Aug 2022 16:53:08 -0400
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> Gnus/5.14 (Gnus v5.14) Commercial/29.0.50 (gnu/linux)
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> Someone with a mac might try `make test/lisp/net/tramp-tests`
> to verify the new tramp-test10-write-region (21afc26) works
> as well as it does on linux.
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> I get this consistently in a macOS 11.6.8 cloud env I've no
> control over:
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> Test tramp-test10-write-region condition:
>     (ert-test-failed
>      ((should
>        (string-equal
>         (buffer-string)
>         ""))
>       :form
>       (string-equal "-n \n" "")
>       :value nil :explanation
>       (arrays-of-different-length 4 0 "-n \n" "" first-mismatch-at 0)))
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> In Commercial Emacs 0.3.1snapshot 2f899ba in dev (upstream 29.0.50, 
> x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) built on dick
> Repository revision: 2f899bac86a9d6ca94db931da9407a7f35745b8a
> Repository branch: dev
> Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12013000
> System Description: Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
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> Subject: 
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> Re: bug#56963: 29.0.50; trampified make-empty-file on macOS
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> Date: 
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> Thu, 04 Aug 2022 18:14:58 +0200
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux)
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> Version: 29.1
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> Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:
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> Hi,
>
> >> The `cat` invocation sounds like a good bet.  I've always been
> >> nonplussed by `echo`.  Also, https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/173836.
> >
> > Thanks for confirmation. Let me do some regression tests with other
> > remote targets, and if successful I'll commit.
>
> All good, so I have pushed the change to master. Closing the bug.
>
> Best regards, Michael.
>
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