On 19/08/2020 06:53, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>
> something looks wrong on test
>
> ======================================================================
> ERROR: test_get_info (tests.getdevinfo_tests_cygwin.TestGetInfo)
> Test that the information can be collected on this system without error
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File
> "/pub/tmp/python-getdevinfo-1.1.0-1.src/python-getdevinfo-1.1.0-1.x86_64/src/getdevinfo-1.1.0/getdevinfo/tests/getdevinfo_tests_cygwin.py",
> line 218, in test_get_info
>     cygwin.get_info()
>   File
> "/pub/tmp/python-getdevinfo-1.1.0-1.src/python-getdevinfo-1.1.0-1.x86_64/build/getdevinfo/cygwin.py",
> line 101, in get_info
>     get_device_info(disk)
>   File
> "/pub/tmp/python-getdevinfo-1.1.0-1.src/python-getdevinfo-1.1.0-1.x86_64/build/getdevinfo/cygwin.py",
> line 135, in get_device_info
>     cmd = subprocess.run([SMARTCTL, "-i", host_disk, "-j"],
> stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 489, in run
>     with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process:
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 854, in __init__
>     self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 1637, in _execute_child
>     self.pid = _posixsubprocess.fork_exec(
> BlockingIOError: [Errno 11] Resource temporarily unavailable
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ran 23 tests in 0.679s
>
> FAILED (errors=1)
> NOTE: These tests won't work correctly without administrator privileges.
>
> $ id
> uid=197609(Marco) gid=544(Administratoren)
> groups=544(Administratoren),197121(Kein)


Unfortunately I have not been able to reproduce this issue on my end
with either 32-bit or 64-bit Cygwin. What happens when you run
"/usr/sbin/smartctl.exe -i /dev/sda -j" (assuming /dev/sda is a disk
that Cygwin sees)? Note that the output may include the drive serial
number - make sure to blank it out if you post the output here.

If this is on 32-bit Cygwin, this looks like the good old fork bug to
me, seeing as you're getting "11 Resource temporarily unavailable" when
attempting to fork. I can't remember what worked to fix that for me the
last time I had it, might have been antivirus software exceptions. I
would say that maybe some packages need updating, but given you've been
releasing packages in the last few days, I highly doubt your Cygwin
install is out of date.

If the smartctl command works, could you try running the tests again please?

Hamish