bug#8788: Weird testsuite failure on NetBSD (parallel tests, background processes)

[Stefano Lattarini]

On Tuesday 18 October 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 October 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> > Reference:
> >  <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=8788>
> >
> > [SNIP]
> >
> > Now, the right fix for the bug is *not* to work around this behaviour
> > of the Korn shell; rather, we should fix the suspicious logic of the
> > `parallel-tests3.test' script, which was also causing a testsuite hang
> > on FreeBSD.  Patch coming up shortly.
> > 
> And here is the promised patch (see attachement).  I will allow a couple of
> days for reviews before pushing.
> 
Pushed now.  I'm thus also closing bug#8788.

Regards,
  Stefano