Control: retitile -1 coreutils: FTBFS: tests too system-configuration-dependent
The real problem here seems to be that the tests are overly dependent on the build system's configuration: tests can be run or not based on things like what filesystems are mounted, whether the there are writable directories on other filesystems, whether the build user has a second group, or whether or not things like SElinux, Python, or a particular Perl package are available. >From the looks of things, the story is quite similar with respect to when tests will fail despite everything doing what it should do, except of course the conditions are much murkier (and aren't printed on stdout/stderr, like those for most skipped tests). Suggestion: explicitly disable the tests that are conditioned on unpredictable system configuration details like the above, since there's no telling how the buildds are configured. -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
