accum test fails on macOS 12

[byrnHDF]

19: Testing simple freeing metadata accumulator PASSED
19: Testing large metadata I/O operations PASSED
19: Testing random writes to accumulator PASSED
19: Testing SWMR write of large metadata: with latest format FAILED
19: at /Users/runner/work/hdf5/hdf5/test/accum.c:2292 in test_swmr_write_big()...
19: child process exited abnormally
19: Testing SWMR write of large metadata: with non-latest-format FAILED
19: at /Users/runner/work/hdf5/hdf5/test/accum.c:2292 in test_swmr_write_big()...
19: child process exited abnormally
19: *** TESTS FAILED ***
19:
The relevant code in accum.c (function test_swmr_write_big) that triggers the error:
{
pid_t pid; /* Process ID /
int status; / Status returned from child process */

    /* Fork child process to verify that the data at [1024, 2014] does get written to disk */
    if ((pid = HDfork()) < 0) {
        HDperror("fork");
        FAIL_STACK_ERROR;
    }
    else if (0 == pid) { /* Child process */
        /* By convention, argv[0] tells the name of program invoked.
         *
         * execv on NetBSD 8 will actually return EFAULT if there is a
         * NULL at argv[0], so we follow the convention unconditionally.
         */
        char        swmr_reader[] = SWMR_READER;
        char *const new_argv[]    = {swmr_reader, NULL};
        /* Run the reader */
        status = HDexecv(SWMR_READER, new_argv);
        HDprintf("errno from execv = %s\n", HDstrerror(errno));
        FAIL_STACK_ERROR;
    } /* end if */

    /* Parent process -- wait for the child process to complete */
    while (pid != HDwaitpid(pid, &status, 0))
        /*void*/;

    /* Check if child process terminates normally and its return value */
    if (WIFEXITED(status) && !WEXITSTATUS(status))
        process_success = TRUE;
}

[byrnHDF]

This test passes the CI when the macOS is 11.7.1 and fails when the CI uses macOS 12.6.1

[hyoklee]

Duplicate of #1289?

[hyoklee]

@derobins can it be closed as well with your recent commit?

[derobins]

Fixed in #2999