[debbugs-tracker] bug#35944: closed ([PATCH] gnu: packages: haskell: happy: Disable tests)

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> [PATCH] gnu: packages: haskell: happy: Disable tests
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> Tue, 28 May 2019 14:41:01 +0200
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> Tests fail reliably for me on a system with 2GB of available RAM, in
> `issue93.a.hs` and `issue93.n.hs`.
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> * gnu/packages/haskell.scm (ghc-happy): Disable tests
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>  gnu/packages/haskell.scm | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
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> diff --git a/gnu/packages/haskell.scm b/gnu/packages/haskell.scm
> index 33c9c6484d..7ef32537c8 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/haskell.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/haskell.scm
> @@ -1325,6 +1325,8 @@ postfix notation.  For more information on stack based 
> languages, see
>          (base32
>           "138xpxdb7x62lpmgmb6b3v3vgdqqvqn4273jaap3mjmc2gla709y"))))
>      (build-system haskell-build-system)
> +    (arguments
> +      `(#:tests? #f)) ; Test require excessive amounts of memory
>      (home-page "https://hackage.haskell.org/package/happy";)
>      (synopsis "Parser generator for Haskell")
>      (description "Happy is a parser generator for Haskell.  Given a grammar
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> Hi,
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> Robert Vollmert <address@hidden> skribis:
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> > Below is a patch that does that. I’m now running into similar issues when
> > compiling ghc-scientific; should OOM test failures at 2G of memory generally
> > be considered worth fixing?
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> I’d say yes, as long as we’re just talking about a small fraction of the
> GHC packages.
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> > As an alternative, would it be feasible to implement a --skip-tests
> > flag for guix build?
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> That would amount to building a different derivation, so that’s not
> really a solution.
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> > From 7b7029d99df7df2ccdbfb4026edd91daa2a5763e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Robert Vollmert <address@hidden>
> > Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 21:10:24 +0200
> > Subject: [PATCH] gnu: ghc-happy: Skip memory-hungry tests.
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> > Tests fail reliably for me on a system with 2GB of available RAM, in
> > `issue93.a.hs` and `issue93.n.hs`.
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> > * gnu/packages/haskell.scm (ghc-happy): Skip test "issue93".
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> I copied the explanation as a comment and applied.
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> Thanks!
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> Ludo’.
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