Re: [PATCH 4/5] Fix loop test

[Jim Meyering]

Phillip Susi wrote:
> On 12/21/2011 1:33 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> Thanks.
>> This patch looks sensible, so I'll go ahead and apply it in spite
>> of the current test failures I'm seeing.  I trust that with your
>> kernel, the new test does pass a root-run "make check".
>
> Can you send me the log?  You are running a kernel newer than v3.1-rc2 right?

Yes.  It happens with both F16's 3.1.5-6.fc16.x86_64 and rawhide's
3.2.0-0.rc6.git2.1.fc17.x86_64.

    ...
    FAIL: t8000-loop.sh
    FAIL: t8001-loop-blkpg.sh
    ...

    FAIL: t8000-loop.sh (exit: 1)
    =============================
    ...
    + d1=/h/j/w/co/parted/6/tests/gt-t8000-loop.sh.NpVB/root/dev/loop1
    + parted -s /h/j/w/co/parted/6/tests/gt-t8000-loop.sh.NpVB/root/dev/loop1 
mklabel msdos
    + fail=1
    + compare /dev/null err
    + diff -u /dev/null err
    + parted -s /h/j/w/co/parted/6/tests/gt-t8000-loop.sh.NpVB/root/dev/loop1 
mkpart primary 1 10
    + fail=1
    + compare /dev/null err
    + diff -u /dev/null err
    + Exit 1
    + set +e
    + exit 1
    + exit 1
    + remove_tmp_
    + __st=1
    + cleanup_
    + cleanup_fn_
    + test -n /h/j/w/co/parted/6/tests/gt-t8000-loop.sh.NpVB/root/dev/loop1
    + losetup -d /h/j/w/co/parted/6/tests/gt-t8000-loop.sh.NpVB/root/dev/loop1
    + rm -f /h/j/w/co/parted/6/tests/gt-t8000-loop.sh.NpVB/1
    + cleanup_final_
    + scsi_debug_cleanup_
    + test -n ''
    + rm -fr /h/j/w/co/parted/6/tests/scsi_debug.lock
    + cd /h/j/w/co/parted/6/tests
    + chmod -R u+rwx /h/j/w/co/parted/6/tests/gt-t8000-loop.sh.NpVB
    + rm -rf /h/j/w/co/parted/6/tests/gt-t8000-loop.sh.NpVB
    + exit 1

As you can see, the log is not helpful, since
parted's mklabel failed with no diagnostic.

This is the problem I just wrote about here:

    http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.parted.bugs/10637