Re: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux v2.39

From: Masatake YAMATO
Date: Thu May 18 2023 - 19:44:02 EST


> On 5/17/23 06:22, Karel Zak wrote:
>> The util-linux release v2.39 is available at
>> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.39
>> Feedback and bug reports, as always, are welcomed.
>
> Karel, I have installed util-linux v2.39 in LFS and have run into a
> problem with one test, test_mkfds. Actually the test passes, but does
> not clean up after itself. What is left over is:
>
> tester 32245 1 0 15:43 ? 00:00:00 /sources/util-linux-2.39/test_mkfds
> -q udp 3 4 server-port=34567 client-port=23456 server-do-bind=1
> client-do-bind=1 client-do-connect=1
> tester 32247 1 0 15:43 ? 00:00:00 /sources/util-linux-2.39/test_mkfds
> -q udp6 3 4 lite=1 server-port=34567 client-port=23456
> server-do-bind=1 client-do-bind=1 client-do-connect=1

I'm the author of the test case and test_mkfds.
I'll look into this issue.

Masatake YAMATO

> It's possible it may be due to something we are doing inside our
> chroot environment, but we've not had this type of problem with
> earlier versions of util-linux.
>
> In all I do have:
>
> All 261 tests PASSED
>
> but the left over processes interfere later when we try to remove the
> non-root user, tester, that runs the tests. I can work around the
> problem by disabling test_mkfds, but thought you would like to know.
>
> -- Bruce
>