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Fix System.cmd/3 unit test that fails on Ubuntu 26.04 #15646

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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions lib/elixir/test/elixir/system_test.exs
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Expand Up @@ -210,18 +210,18 @@ defmodule SystemTest do
test "cmd/3 with absolute and relative paths", config do
echo = Path.join(config.tmp_dir, @echo)
File.mkdir_p!(Path.dirname(echo))
File.ln_s!(System.find_executable("echo"), echo)
File.ln_s!(System.find_executable("sh"), echo)

File.cd!(Path.dirname(echo), fn ->
# There is a bug in OTP where find_executable is finding
# entries on the current directory. If this is the case,
# we should avoid the assertion below.
if !System.find_executable(@echo) do
assert :enoent = catch_error(System.cmd(@echo, ["hello"]))
assert :enoent = catch_error(System.cmd(@echo, ["-c", "echo hello"]))
end

assert {"hello\n", 0} =
System.cmd(Path.join(File.cwd!(), @echo), ["hello"], [{:arg0, "echo"}])
System.cmd(Path.join(File.cwd!(), @echo), ["-c", "echo hello"], [{:arg0, "sh"}])
end)
end

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