[debbugs-tracker] bug#22145: closed (25.0.50; tramp and auto-revert tests hang on OS X)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: 25.0.50; tramp and auto-revert tests hang on OS X Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 07:46:09 +0100

On OS X, when running the tests in `test/automated' on the emacs-25 branch, the tramp and auto-revert tests never terminates.

    -- Anders

In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.2 (x86_64-apple-darwin14.5.0, NS appkit-1348.17 Version 10.10.5 (Build 14F27))

 of 2015-12-11

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> Re: bug#22145: 25.0.50; tramp and auto-revert tests hang on OS X
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> Sun, 03 Apr 2016 08:52:26 +0200
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux)
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> John Wiegley <address@hidden> writes:
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> >>>>>> Michael Albinus <address@hidden> writes:
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> >> Given, that the last problems related to OS X have been solved by commit
> >> df441b362c25c4ad59ea3d83137328d0d4098eaf, I believe we could close this bug.
> >> Do you agree?
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> > OK, if you think this is a Nix bug and not an Emacs bug, then I'll take
> > responsibility from here for the Nix fix and you can close this issue.
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> Done. However, I haven't said it is a Nix *bug*. I believe it is rather
> a problem with the Nix *environment*.
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> IIRC, the problem was something like this on hydra.nixos.org years ago:
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> Tramp needs several programs in $PATH to run correctly. Usually, they are
> found on every machine.
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> Nix does not offer them in general, because they are also tested in the
> Nix environment, as part of coreutils or so. Therefore, they could be
> found only by the user's local $PATH, which is set by Nix accordingly.
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> In order to fix this, tramp-tests.el checks whether we are in a Nix
> environment (when (getenv "NIX_STORE"), and adds the local $PATH
> settings then. Maybe this test does not work on your machine, and
> $NIX_STORE isn't set? Then you need to test something else.
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> You could also add the local $PATH to Tramp's setting mandatory. Just
> remove the check (getenv "NIX_STORE"). When it works, we know that this
> is your problem (the same I have had years ago), and we must find a
> better check for determining a Nix environment.
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> I do *not* want to add local $PATH settings in general for the tests,
> because this would make the test indeterminable.
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> > Thanks for helping me debug this!
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> HTH. Best regards, Michael.
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