Re: [Bug-tar] GNU tar 1.15 testsuite: 12 19 failed

[Alan Hall]

Sergey,

We have third party sort and it is on the PATH first.  I removed the path to the third party sort and the "make check" passed 12 but not 19. 

## ---------------------- ##
## Detailed failed tests. ##
## ---------------------- ##

19. listed02.at:28: testing ...
listed02.at:148:
mkdir gnu
(cd gnu
TAR_OPTIONS="-H gnu"
export TAR_OPTIONS
rm -rf *

mkdir directory

echo Create directories
mkdir tart
sleep 1
mkdir tart/c0
sleep 1
mkdir tart/c1
sleep 1

for file in tart/a1 tart/b1 tart/c0/cq1 tart/c0/cq2 tart/c1/ca1 tart/c1/ca2
do
  echo File $file > $file
  sleep 1
done

sleep 1
echo Creating main archive
tar -c -v --listed-incremental=tart.incr1 -f archive.1 tart || exit 1

sleep 1
echo Modifying filesystem
rm tart/a1
mv tart/b1 tart/b2
mv tart/c1 tart/c2
touch tart/c2/ca3

echo Directory contents
find tart|sort

sleep 1
echo Creating incremental archive
cp -p tart.incr1 tart.incr2
tar -c -v --listed-incremental=tart.incr2 -f archive.2 tart || exit 1

sleep 1

rm -rf tart/*
echo Extracting main archive
tar -x -v --listed-incremental=tart.incr1 -f archive.1 || exit 1
echo Extracting incremental archive
# This command should produce three messages about deletion
# of the existing files, that may appear in any order. Piping
# to sort makes sure we don't depend on any particular ordering.
tar -x -v --listed-incremental=tart.incr2 -f archive.2 | sort

echo Final files:
find tart|sort
)
27d26
< tart/b2
46d44
< tart/b2
54d51
< tart/b2
19. listed02.at:28: 19. working --listed (listed02.at:28): FAILED (listed02.at:148)


Thank-you very much,
Alan.

Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:

Thank you for reporting. GNU tar testsuite uses `sort', which on
your system produces extra output. The testuite is not prepared to
handle it:

  

___________________________________________________________________________
EST 01:30:26 PM Monday, December 20 2004 Prog: SORT User: ldm
InputSize: 51
Blocksize: 81920 MemoryArea: 94333952 RecsInMemory: 4087228
processes: 0 IPC_buf_size: 0
EST 01:30:26 PM Monday, December 20 2004 - DONE
    

Regards,
Sergey