'rm -rf' failing when put into the background

[Thomas Schwinge]

Hello!

The following has happened to me for a few times in similar situations.

#v+
$ ls -ld ghc-testsuite
drwxr-xr-x  3 tschwinge root 4096 May 20 17:40 ghc-testsuite/
$ rm -rf ghc-testsuite
[ Let it run for a few seconds. ]
^Z
[1]+  Stopped                 rm -rf ghc-testsuite
$ bg
[1]+ rm -rf ghc-testsuite &
rm: cannot remove directory 
`ghc-testsuite/Tghc-6-4-branch/fptools/testsuite/tests/ghc-regress/rename': No 
such file or directory
[1]+  Exit 1                  rm -rf ghc-testsuite
$ find ghc-testsuite/
ghc-testsuite/
ghc-testsuite/Tghc-6-4-branch
ghc-testsuite/Tghc-6-4-branch/fptools
ghc-testsuite/Tghc-6-4-branch/fptools/testsuite
ghc-testsuite/Tghc-6-4-branch/fptools/testsuite/tests
ghc-testsuite/Tghc-6-4-branch/fptools/testsuite/tests/ghc-regress
$ rm -rf ghc-testsuite 
$ find ghc-testsuite/
find: ghc-testsuite/: No such file or directory
#v-

Does anyone have an idea why 'rm -rf' is failing when it is put into the
background?


Regards,
 Thomas