[darcs-users] darcs patch: Really allow pull.sh test to pass on Windows.

David Roundy droundy at darcs.net
Sun Sep 14 21:33:31 UTC 2008


On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 02:18:03PM -0700, Eric Kow wrote:
> It looks like I had spoken too soon about making Windows tests pass.  I
> wouldn't mind if this patch got rejected, because it doesn't seem to explain
> very much about why the pull test was failing in the first place.  All I know
> is that I get an openBinaryFile error mentioning the file we are trying to
> redirect output to.  Why would darcs even know about these redirects?
> 
> Sun Sep 14 22:14:58 BST 2008  Eric Kow <E.Y.Kow at brighton.ac.uk>
>   * Really allow pull.sh test to pass on Windows.
>   
>   It seems that these redirections cause an openBinaryFile failure under
>   Windows.  I do not yet understand why using different names makes a
>   difference, but it could provide an interesting clue.

Applied.  I've no idea why this should happen.

David


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