# HG changeset patch
# User Mads Kiilerich <mads@kiilerich.com>
# Date 2012-06-14 22:02:27
# Node ID 6d167310714340d63f858adc14c435cb5e8a5c7f
# Parent  456f457e376d497640bb4a6a84a37454ec35affd

tests/hghave: test that a fifo actually can be created on the filesystem

Some tests were failing on FAT filesystems.

diff --git a/tests/hghave.py b/tests/hghave.py
--- a/tests/hghave.py
+++ b/tests/hghave.py
@@ -100,7 +100,15 @@ def has_inotify():
         return False
 
 def has_fifo():
-    return getattr(os, "mkfifo", None) is not None
+    if getattr(os, "mkfifo", None) is None:
+        return False
+    name = tempfile.mktemp(dir='.', prefix=tempprefix)
+    try:
+        os.mkfifo(name)
+        os.unlink(name)
+        return True
+    except OSError:
+        return False
 
 def has_cacheable_fs():
     from mercurial import util