On February 16, 2019 11:51, I wrote: > To: 'Max Kirillov' <max@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: 'SZEDER Gábor' <szeder.dev@xxxxxxxxx>; 'Johannes Schindelin' > <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx>; 'Junio C Hamano' <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>; > git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.21.0-rc1 (NonStop Results) - Good News > > On February 16, 2019 3:27, Max Kirillov wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 04:13:15PM -0500, Randall S. Becker wrote: > > > Sadly, the fix does not change the results. In fact, it makes the > > > hang far more likely. Subtest 6,7,8 fails here, at close() > > > > Correct, I did not expect it to help, it was for the other issue. > > > > As for the hang issue, from your another message it seems to me that > > perl waiting correctly, there are really child process which do not exit. > > > > What you could try is > > https://public-inbox.org/git/20181124093719.10705-1-max@xxxxxxxxxx/ > > (I'm not sure it would not conflict by now), this would remove > > dependency between tests. If it helps it would be very valuable > information. > > Good news. This patch does seem to do the trick. I wonder whether this fixes > the Azure build also. And apologies for the stupid wrapping done by my mail client when I pasted the diff in. The patch is available from the link above anyway so you don't need the junk from my mailer anyway. Cheers, Randall