zopencommunity / zopencommunity/bashport
Wait command different behavior in bash
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- Groovy
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Description
On running texinfo port test cases, malformed-split.sh test cases was hanging
On further analysis, found that this happens when wait is called on a PID.
Shell script was being used to run the scripts. On changing this to bash, it worked fine without hanging.
Need analysis to see why is this behavior different with bash?
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Research direction
Start with the texinfo port test case malformed-split.sh and reproduce the hang when wait is called on a PID. Compare running the script through the shell and through bash, then document the behavioral difference and identify the change needed so the test no longer hangs.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- bash, shell
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100