GNU bug report logs - #61079
[3.0.9] ‘system*’ broken on GNU/Hurd

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This test fails on GNU/Hurd:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
checking for library containing posix_spawn... none required
checking whether posix_spawn is declared... yes
checking for posix_spawn... yes
checking whether posix_spawn is declared... (cached) yes
checking whether posix_spawn works... yes
checking whether posix_spawn rejects scripts without shebang... yes
checking whether posix_spawnp rejects scripts without shebang... yes
checking whether posix_spawnattr_setschedpolicy is supported... yes
checking whether posix_spawnattr_setschedparam is supported... yes
checking for mbstate_t... yes
checking for ssize_t... yes
checking for sched.h... yes
checking for struct sched_param... yes
checking whether <sys/select.h> is self-contained... yes
checking whether setenv is declared... yes
checking for search.h... yes
checking for tsearch... yes
checking for sigset_t... yes
checking for uid_t in sys/types.h... yes
checking for volatile sig_atomic_t... yes
checking for sighandler_t... yes
checking for posix_spawnattr_t... yes
checking for posix_spawn_file_actions_t... yes

[=E2=80=A6]

make[5]: Entering directory '/tmp/guix-build-guile-3.0.9rc1.drv-0/guile-3.0=
.9rc1/test-suite/standalone'
In execvp of guile: Bad file descriptor
test-system-cmds: system* exit status was 127 rather than 42
FAIL: test-system-cmds
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

This looks like a bug in the new =E2=80=98posix_spawn=E2=80=99-based =E2=80=
=98system*=E2=80=99, or (more
likely) in the =E2=80=98posix_spawn=E2=80=99 implementation for the Hurd in=
 glibc.

Ludo=E2=80=99.