I wrote: > This failure is probably due to the many libraries against which the child > program is linked: > > $ ldd gettext-0.18.2/gettext-tools/gnulib-tests/.libs/*test-spawn-pipe* > > Main => > gettext-0.18.2/gettext-tools/gnulib-tests/.libs/lt-test-spawn-pipe > libiconv.so.2 => /home/haible/prefix-osf51-cc/lib/libiconv.so.2 > libgettextlib-0.18.2.so => > /home/haible/gettext-0.18.2/gettext-tools/gnulib-lib/.libs/libgettextlib-0.18.2.so > libpacl.so => /usr/shlib/libpacl.so > libintl.so.8 => > /home/haible/gettext-0.18.2/gettext-tools/intl/.libs/libintl.so.8 > libcurses.so => /usr/shlib/libcurses.so > libc.so => /usr/shlib/libc.so > libots3.so => /usr/shlib/libots3.so > libpset.so => /usr/shlib/libpset.so > libpthread.so => /usr/shlib/libpthread.so > libexc.so => /usr/shlib/libexc.so > libproplist.so => /usr/shlib/libproplist.so > libmach.so => /usr/shlib/libmach.so > libnuma.so => /usr/shlib/libnuma.so
Confirmed: The culprit was /usr/shlib/libpthread.so. This library apparently opens a file descriptor, thus filling the slot for fd = 3 (or fd = 2 if that was available). Bruno -- In memoriam Robert F. Kennedy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy>
