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bash: occasional error -> write error: stdout: Interrupted system call

  • 1.  bash: occasional error -> write error: stdout: Interrupted system call

    Posted Thu March 04, 2021 04:46 AM
    Edited by C- -T Thu March 04, 2021 05:09 AM

    sometimes i get the error "write error: stdout: Interrupted system call", there is no specific script or task to pin this error at.  i blame bash because there was an ancient bug in bash on aix (process substitution on operating systems missing /dev/fd and using named pipes instead).

    example:
    gmake[5]: Leaving directory '/home/packagebuilder/rpmbuild/BUILD/gettext-0.20.2/64bit/libtextstyle/lib'
    gmake[5]: write error: stdout: Interrupted system call
    gmake[4]: *** [Makefile:2068: all] Error 1
    gmake[4]: Leaving directory '/home/packagebuilder/rpmbuild/BUILD/gettext-0.20.2/64bit/libtextstyle/lib'
    gmake[3]: *** [Makefile:1717: all-recursive] Error 1
    gmake[3]: Leaving directory '/home/packagebuilder/rpmbuild/BUILD/gettext-0.20.2/64bit/libtextstyle'
    ​

    update: found the discussion in the gnu lists ->

    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2013-11/msg00089.html

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