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bug#29033: [platform-testers] new snapshot available: gzip-1.8.32-4606
From: |
Bruno Haible |
Subject: |
bug#29033: [platform-testers] new snapshot available: gzip-1.8.32-4606 |
Date: |
Sun, 05 Nov 2017 03:20:27 +0100 |
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Hi Paul,
> This is due to a bug in the Linux kernel, when it emulates 32-bit Linux atop
> a
> 64-bit kernel. See:
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1419736
I see, you nailed it down already.
> I see that Assaf reported the same bug against gzip here:
>
> https://bugs.gnu.org/25636#8
>
> I don't see an easy way of working around the bug in gzip proper. It will
> become
> a bigger deal when the year 2038 rolls around....
>
> I suppose we could skip the test when running in 32-bit mode atop Linux
> x86-64,
> though that sort of misses the point of doing the test.
The concept of "expected failure" fits here, I think. If the test suite would
flag
this as an XFAIL rather than a FAIL, people would not report it.
AFAIU from the doc [1], the way to turn a FAIL into an XFAIL is to add something
like this in the Makefile.am:
XFAIL_TESTS =
if $host is x86_64-*-linux* and $HOST_CPU_C_ABI is i386
XFAIL_TESTS += timestamp
fi
Bruno
[1]
https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/Scripts_002dbased-Testsuites.html