Randall S. Becker wrote: > On February 28, 2018 12:44 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote: >> Randall S. Becker wrote: >>> The problem is actually in git code in its test suite that uses perl >>> inline, not in my test code itself. [...] >> Can you elaborate with an example? My understanding was that >> test_must_fail is only for running git. [...] > Have a look at a recent t1404 as a sample. Line 615 is the one causing the > platform grief, because it triggers a 'die'. However, the particular test > case #54, had no difference on platform with test_must_fail or !, which has > the same underlying EBADF completion after digging and digging. Sorry to be dense: what I see on that line is test_must_fail git update-ref -d $prefix/foo >out 2>err && How is perl involved? Puzzled, Jonathan