buffer_on_rate: buffer file exists test failure

[Brad Fitzpatrick]

If all the other tests pass, I wouldn't worry about that one.  It's likely
just a timing bug in the test, as depressing as that is.  (I hate
unreliable tests....)

- Brad


On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Jay Buffington wrote:

> I'm trying to install Perlbal 1.41 and one test is failing:
>
> [jay at zwa1 Perlbal-1.41]$ perl t/45-buffereduploads.t
>
> *snip*
> ok 16 - clean_on_early_close: no file
> not ok 17 - buffer_on_rate: buffer file exists
> #     Failed test (t/45-buffereduploads.t at line 214)
> ok 18 - buffer_on_rate: good response
> *snip*
>
> [jay at zwa1 ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant Update 3)
> [jay at zwa1 ~]$ perl -v
>
> This is perl, v5.8.5 built for i386-linux-thread-multi
>
> I ran the test several times one after another and it succeeded once.
> Is it possible that the directory is getting deleted too quickly?
>
> All other test succeeded.  I also tried with the latest version from
> svn and got the same failure.
>
> Also, in my Perlbal config I have:
>
>   SET buffer_uploads               = true
>   SET buffer_upload_threshold_rate = 0
>   SET buffer_upload_threshold_size = 0
>   SET buffer_upload_threshold_time = 5
>
> Since I'm not using buffer on rate, does it matter that that test failed?
>
> Thanks,
> Jay
>
>