Re: [Qemu-devel] qapi-scheme/unicode-str test failure due to mismatch between e-acute and \xe9

[Richard Henderson]

On 5/7/19 3:37 PM, Peter Maydell wrote:
> I just ran into this test failure:
> 
> PYTHONPATH=/home/linux1/qemu/scripts python3 -B
> /home/linux1/qemu/tests/qapi-schema/test-qapi.py
> /home/linux1/qemu/tests/qapi-schema/unicode-str.json
>> tests/qapi-schema/unicode-str.test.out
> 2>tests/qapi-schema/unicode-str.test.err; echo $?
>> tests/qapi-schema/unicode-str.test.exit
> --- /home/linux1/qemu/tests/qapi-schema/unicode-str.err    2017-07-06
> 10:23:13.601812330 -0400
> +++ -    2019-05-07 18:32:31.533125931 -0400
> @@ -1 +1 @@
> -tests/qapi-schema/unicode-str.json:2: 'command' uses invalid name 'é'
> +tests/qapi-schema/unicode-str.json:2: 'command' uses invalid name '\xe9'
> /home/linux1/qemu/tests/Makefile.include:1105: recipe for target
> 'check-tests/qapi-schema/unicode-str.json' failed
> make: *** [check-tests/qapi-schema/unicode-str.json] Error 1
> make: Leaving directory '/home/linux1/qemu/build/all'
> 
> but oddly only when I ran 'make check' by logging directly
> into this machine (usually I run the tests automatically
> via ssh and scripting), which suggests it may depend
> on the locale settings. Does anybody recognize this ?
> I think LANG=C fails, but LANG=C.UTF-8 passes.
> 
> Ideally our test suite should not depend on the locale
> or environment settings of the user running it.

Yes, there's an active thread about this:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-05/msg01247.html


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