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diff --git a/tests/all.T b/tests/all.T index 6b9fa15..b6bd433 100644 --- a/tests/all.T +++ b/tests/all.T @@ -11,7 +11,19 @@ test('forkprocess01', [ only_compiler_types(['ghc']), # user001 may fail due to this bug in glibc: # http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=466647 # -test('user001', normal, compile_and_run, ['-package unix']) +# user001 may also fail on GNU/Linux when using a terminal emulator that doesn't +# write login records to /var/run/utmp. Running: +# $ logname +# should print your login name. If it doesn't, the getLoginName test in user001 +# will fail, and that's why you are here. Try xterm. +# +# Ticket #1487. The glibc implementation of getlogin, which is called by +# getLoginName, requires that a terminal is connected to filedescriptor 0. +# See: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=sysdeps/unix/getlogin.c +# Therefore, we use the no_stdin option, and have to omit the 'ghci' way, +# because it relies on redirecting stdin from file. +# +test('user001', [no_stdin, omit_ways(['ghci'])], compile_and_run, ['-package unix']) test('resourceLimit', normal, compile_and_run, ['-package unix']) x86FreeBsdFail = when(platform('i386-unknown-freebsd'), expect_fail) |