From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 191B51F453 for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2019 19:31:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727598AbfBHTbP (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Feb 2019 14:31:15 -0500 Received: from mail-wm1-f42.google.com ([209.85.128.42]:51146 "EHLO mail-wm1-f42.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727209AbfBHTbP (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Feb 2019 14:31:15 -0500 Received: by mail-wm1-f42.google.com with SMTP id z5so5078800wmf.0; Fri, 08 Feb 2019 11:31:13 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=OlZkjBvt63uBOn6BFfFGgWjfyh+5I3kivHJaozLXjE4=; b=St8v2TIswevdrwmb+cq9zjxJp0sv/kgtxNF2PZ8ulvfdmltobLUuKh0C5zbzhTX656 WzE5C27xaeTxljI0AWuEm0gkmiYr5RLoOB+/lwV8VupOP5yyeexz1VeLlom4tHu2DaTo S8QszqGwbLZd8YCRzjhJpe6xewBfu+Vx12P1eikE4jT6SeHGgPy0l7Y+cPfvx3wHCPjZ WF9MJkWIy0F/a1iIlR/3Cx6lXzS85pOL7zDZDN4pU7fJLfX5SBuGY0F/Q7UwQWq671jr mqS5E5G8ICjA8vXxVnHDozZH3N4LPil9dGwrHGRO6eoG+zlx9tA9CGTrBdJ7NiaS+j7U gBOw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date :in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=OlZkjBvt63uBOn6BFfFGgWjfyh+5I3kivHJaozLXjE4=; b=ZY7ROcFgeX6aWuzQR4JMNw4t1IgPwh7SN2FnWA/q3qSTCZrB05xHgk/X3YiO1aXTuH WFXGAc5yvtnq8H8rWIzdf+WjP2DXrDBzkQX/S3+/58qwpFB7lRvn0F9NHbDVaCRjaTSm VKp7f/pBzfWbyj90fiMplyWzbBJSEYBue1b3ZCDhgT0ow31uXC0yf2eDZczviYdIgpKV ooE+K5tFmBmZKhCDhBjn6uVaYbnuxKD5xtObnJUJO8G19j+Dw+jCKU7AqPeBknzRGFCv zuUKxlY53GHu6u3G1GAPW1tqX+ShIhdfTr37pfpAV8KgtZg8lhpjqXv51/meGoJjZRgz 3xcw== X-Gm-Message-State: AHQUAuZy5PnYkghbAwLpIRVZaov+JfVOdrPFEflU3bUf8d/HZGhdIzMb KqhbjmTGwLISIXH95me+hgGTRjgO X-Google-Smtp-Source: AHgI3IZuJGXgF9XuOeh0QhxF0OjfJ/EfdMSKtrgrQy1MWl4L9la5khvE1m8GThURKtereSn5tc4DfQ== X-Received: by 2002:a5d:6b09:: with SMTP id v9mr18671507wrw.304.1549654272726; Fri, 08 Feb 2019 11:31:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (168.50.187.35.bc.googleusercontent.com. [35.187.50.168]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id x81sm3864363wmg.17.2019.02.08.11.31.11 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Fri, 08 Feb 2019 11:31:11 -0800 (PST) From: Junio C Hamano To: Johannes Sixt Cc: Jeff King , "Randall S. Becker" , git@vger.kernel.org, 'Linux Kernel' , git-packagers@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Breakage] Git v2.21.0-rc0 - t5318 (NonStop) References: <000f01d4bf9e$a508eab0$ef1ac010$@nexbridge.com> <20190208165052.GC23461@sigill.intra.peff.net> <001101d4bfd6$b9430230$2bc90690$@nexbridge.com> <20190208180321.GB27673@sigill.intra.peff.net> <0694f2f1-040a-1d8c-cd01-2cf51cdbe426@kdbg.org> Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 11:31:11 -0800 In-Reply-To: <0694f2f1-040a-1d8c-cd01-2cf51cdbe426@kdbg.org> (Johannes Sixt's message of "Fri, 8 Feb 2019 19:29:33 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Johannes Sixt writes: > If the data does not have to be a sequence of zero bytes, the > alternatives are: > > * `test-genrandom seed-string $size` for a sequence of reproducible > "random" bytes > > * `printf "%0*d" $size 0` for a sequence of '0' characters. > > In t5318, the zero bytes do matter, though. Also some consumers of these bytes may not be easy to read from a pipe.