bug#65324: "make check" hangs on NetBSD 9.3

[Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>]

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Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> writes:

Hi Bruno,

>> I'm speaking about the debug file in /tmp (or wherever your temprary
>> directory is). A file name which starts with a star, and ends with a
>> star, as said above.
>
> There is no file with such a name anywhere on this machine's disk.

Hmm, so the problem is deeper than expected. I've modified the patch to
add traces from the very beginning of the test case, see appended. Could
you pls try?

And just to make it sure: you're running Emacs 30?

> Bruno

Best regards, Michael.


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diff --git a/test/lisp/net/tramp-tests.el b/test/lisp/net/tramp-tests.el
index 50687dfe993..35b26304bd5 100644
--- a/test/lisp/net/tramp-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/net/tramp-tests.el
@@ -7407,6 +7407,8 @@ tramp--test-check-files
 ;; These tests are inspired by Bug#17238.
 (ert-deftest tramp-test41-special-characters ()
   "Check special characters in file names."
+  (tramp--test-instrument-test-case 10
+  (setq tramp-debug-to-file t)
   (skip-unless (tramp--test-enabled))
   (skip-unless (not (getenv "EMACS_HYDRA_CI"))) ; SLOW ~ 245s
   (skip-unless (not (tramp--test-rsync-p)))
@@ -7468,7 +7470,7 @@ tramp-test41-special-characters
     ;; Simplify test in order to speed up.
     (apply #'tramp--test-check-files
 	   (if (tramp--test-expensive-test-p)
-	       files (list (string-join files ""))))))
+	       files (list (string-join files "")))))))

 (tramp--test-deftest-with-stat tramp-test41-special-characters)