Bug 849203

Summary:	Fix races in glibc's intl/ testsuite
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Jeff Law <law>
Component:	glibc	Assignee:	Jeff Law <law>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	qe-baseos-tools-bugs
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Version:	6.4	CC:	fweimer, mfranc
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Last Closed:	2013-02-21 07:05:45 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Jeff Law 2012-08-17 17:14:48 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #849202 +++

Description of problem:
There are races in glibc's intl/* tests.  Those races can cause spurious failures in glibc's testsuite which waste engineering & QE's time to analyze.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Run the glibc testsuite with -j<n> for n > 1 repeatedly and watch for failures in tst-gettext3, tst-gettext5 or tst-codeset

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:
Occasionally one of the above-mentioned tests will fail for no apparent reason.

Expected results:
The tests should pass 100% of the time.

Additional info:
This is strictly a testsuite issue and fixing it is strictly to reduce the amount of wasted time for our engineering staff.  It does not affect the delivered code in any way shape or form.  Multiple approaches to fix the problem are in hand and waiting upstream approval.

Comment 1 Jeff Law 2012-08-17 20:43:33 UTC

    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
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No documentation needed.

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2013-02-21 07:05:45 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-0279.html