Since c49a177bec (test-lib.sh: set COLUMNS=80 for --verbose repeatability, 2021-06-29) multiple tests have been failing when using bash 5 because checkwinsize is enabled by default, therefore COLUMNS is reset using TIOCGWINSZ even for non-interactive shells. It's debatable whether or not bash should even be doing that, but for now we can avoid this undesirable behavior by disabling this option. Reported-by: Fabian Stelzer <fabian.stelzer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> --- Since v1 moved the code before setting COLUMNS as SZEDER Gábor suggested and mention checkwinsize could be set before bash 5 as Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason mentioned. Range-diff against v1: 1: 40273074de < -: ---------- test: fix for COLUMNS and bash 5 -: ---------- > 1: 9f8c3ffa6a test: fix for COLUMNS and bash 5 t/test-lib.sh | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh index db61081d6b..6b1015a5af 100644 --- a/t/test-lib.sh +++ b/t/test-lib.sh @@ -409,6 +409,12 @@ then verbose=t fi +# In bash if checkwinsize is enabled the COLUMNS variable is updated every time +# an external command completes, even for non-interactive shells. Since bash 5.0 +# this is enabled by default. +# Disable that since we are aiming for reproducibility. +test -n "$BASH_VERSION" && shopt -u checkwinsize 2>/dev/null + # For repeatability, reset the environment to known value. # TERM is sanitized below, after saving color control sequences. LANG=C -- 2.32.0.40.gb9b36f9b52
