Re: [PATCH] t5562: do not depend on /dev/zero

2019-02-15 Thread Junio C Hamano
"Randall S. Becker" writes: > On February 15, 2019 13:01, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> To: Randall S. Becker >> Cc: 'Max Kirillov' ; git@vger.kernel.org; 'Johannes >> Schindelin' >> Subject: Re: [PATCH] t5562: do not depend on /dev/ze

RE: [PATCH] t5562: do not depend on /dev/zero

2019-02-15 Thread Randall S. Becker
On February 15, 2019 13:01, Junio C Hamano wrote: > To: Randall S. Becker > Cc: 'Max Kirillov' ; git@vger.kernel.org; 'Johannes > Schindelin' > Subject: Re: [PATCH] t5562: do not depend on /dev/zero > > "Randall S. Becker" writes: > >

Re: [PATCH] t5562: do not depend on /dev/zero

2019-02-15 Thread Junio C Hamano
"Randall S. Becker" writes: > FTR, this particular subtest is not the one that is hanging. This subtest > passes on NonStop with any and all (now) 4 solutions that have been floating > around. One thing I'd like to know more is if this test passes on NonStop with this patch, i.e. /dev/zero repla

RE: [PATCH] t5562: do not depend on /dev/zero

2019-02-15 Thread Randall S. Becker
On February 15, 2019 11:43, Max Kirillov wrote: > It was reported [1] that NonStop platform does not have /dev/zero. > > The test uses /dev/zero as a dummy input. Passing case (http-backed failed > because of too big input size) should not be reading anything from it. If http- > backend would erro