Re: branch master updated: gnu: gettext-minimal: Mark "test-raise" test XFAIL on the Hurd.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi!

Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> skribis:

>> commit 2fc298d19c5256eb5609aae7bd35bada59d91685
>> Author: Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
>> AuthorDate: Mon Oct 5 11:58:16 2020 +0200
>>
>>     gnu: gettext-minimal: Mark "test-raise" test XFAIL on the Hurd.
>>     
>>     * gnu/packages/gettext.scm (gettext-minimal)[arguments]: When compiling 
>> for
>>     the Hurd, add "test-raise" to XFAIL_TESTS in make-flags.
>
> Some more info on this bug, it is this snippet that causes
> the test failure
>
> #include <signal.h>
>
> int
> main (void)
> {
>   if (!raise (-1))
>     return 1;
>   
>   return 0;
> }
>
>
> but only when linked against libpthread:
>
> $ gcc raise.c
> $ ./a.out
> $ echo $?
> 0
> $ gcc raise.c 
> /gnu/store/9vs3gkp6svam82zw7vjlml7iiarcs11c-glibc-2.31/lib/libpthread.so.0.3

I don’t know if it’s relevant here, but you should always use ‘-pthread’
both at compile time and link time:

  gcc raise.c -pthread

That typically defines a few macros that may or may not have an effect
on the code at hand.

Thanks,
Ludo’.