[ruby-core:39175] Re: [Ruby 1.9 - Bug #5239] bootstraptest/runner.rb: assert_normal_exit logic broken on Debian/GNU kFreeBSD

On 29/08/11 at 12:43 +0900, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> > I've just checked, and FreeBSD 8.2 is also affected by this issue.
> > Test script:
> > system("false")
> > sleep 0.5
> > th = Thread::new { $? }
> > p th
> > th.join
> > p th
> > p th.value
> 
> This is buggy. $? is thread local storage variable. last exit value
> was set to main thread.
> because system() was called from it. Therefore it fail even if run on linux.

Right, sorry.

> In the other hand, on assert_normal_exit(), io.close is called from
> sub thread. it's a source
> of difference.

Right, it changes the order of termination.

> Please try following code. it work on linux.
> 
> io = IO.popen("false")
> th = Thread.new {
>   io.read
>   io.close
>   v = $?
>   p v
>   v
> }
> sleep 0.5
> 
> p th
> th.join
> p th
> p th.value

Indeed, that works on FreeBSD 8.2:
#<Process::Status: pid 1044 exit 1>
#<Thread:0x00000801182168 dead>
#<Thread:0x00000801182168 dead>
#<Process::Status: pid 1044 exit 1>

- Lucas