util_tests/test_LockDirectory failure running tests in WSL guest #14219

Please I need some help with this. Trying to this on Ubuntu 18.04

$ make check && sudo make install
Making check in src
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/bitcoin/src'
make[2]: Entering directory '/usr/src/bitcoin/src'
make[3]: Entering directory '/usr/src/bitcoin'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/bitcoin'
make  check-TESTS check-local
make[3]: Entering directory '/usr/src/bitcoin/src'
make[4]: Entering directory '/usr/src/bitcoin/src'
make[5]: Entering directory '/usr/src/bitcoin'
make[5]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/bitcoin'
FAIL: test/test_bitcoin
PASS: qt/test/test_bitcoin-qt
============================================================================
Testsuite summary for Bitcoin Core 0.16.2
============================================================================
# TOTAL: 2
# PASS:  1
# SKIP:  0
# XFAIL: 0
# FAIL:  1
# XPASS: 0
# ERROR: 0
============================================================================
See src/test-suite.log
Please report to https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues
============================================================================
Makefile:9587: recipe for target 'test-suite.log' failed
make[4]: *** [test-suite.log] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/bitcoin/src'
Makefile:9693: recipe for target 'check-TESTS' failed
make[3]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/bitcoin/src'
Makefile:9799: recipe for target 'check-am' failed
make[2]: *** [check-am] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/bitcoin/src'
Makefile:9480: recipe for target 'check-recursive' failed
make[1]: *** [check-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/bitcoin/src'
Makefile:747: recipe for target 'check-recursive' failed
make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1

Please upload src/test-suite.log

$ more src/test-suite.log
=============================================
   Bitcoin Core 0.16.2: src/test-suite.log
=============================================

# TOTAL: 2
# PASS:  1
# SKIP:  0
# XFAIL: 0
# FAIL:  1
# XPASS: 0
# ERROR: 0

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FAIL: test/test_bitcoin
=======================

Running 276 test cases...
test/util_tests.cpp(695): error: in "util_tests/test_LockDirectory": check (bool)ch == false has failed [true != false]
test/util_tests.cpp(708): error: in "util_tests/test_LockDirectory": check LockDirectory(dirname, lockname, true) == false has failed [true != false]
Running 276 test cases...

*** 2 failures are detected in the test module "Bitcoin Test Suite"
FAIL test/test_bitcoin (exit status: 201)

Can you reproduce this issue in some way or provide details on how your setup looks like?

Ubuntu 18.04, running on windows 10, as a Linux subsystem. this is a history of commands so far, hope it helps...

Do you want to cross compile to windows and run on the host or run bitcoind only in the WSL guest?

in the WSL guest.

Tagging with Windows, since this appears to be WSL specific.

Can confirm this happens on WSL with clang and gcc.

Maybe related Microsoft/WSL#1927

@naesar did you do a cd depends prior to the make HOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32 command? It's missing from your bash history.

You should not need to install the dependencies manually using apt-get install libboost-system etc. If you do it indicates the dependencies were not correctly installed using the provided make configuration.

See #18700

Supposedly make check is not supported in WSL: #13207 (comment)

You can run some tests (not sure if it is equivalent to make check or not, can anyone comment?) by opening the Windows Command Prompt and running test_bitcoin.exe, which will be in whatever location you used as DESTDIR in your make install command.