Hello *, It's that time of the year again when time004 fails...
and there's also an associated ticket: https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4440 On 2013-10-27 at 11:03:41 +0100, Herbert Valerio Riedel wrote: > if anyone wonders, why TEST=time004 suddenly fails: it's sensitive to > DST (and depends on your system's TZ-config): > > http://git.haskell.org/packages/old-time.git/blob/HEAD:/tests/time004.hs > > For me, the comparison this unit-test checks now suddenly fails, because > the DST-switch occurs on different days in 2012 and 2013 in my TZ, i.e. > > length "Sun Oct 27 10:56:42 CET 2013" /= length "Sat Oct 27 11:56:42 CEST > 2012" > > Does anyone happen to know what the rationale behind this 'time004' unit > test was? > > Cheers, > hvr _______________________________________________ ghc-devs mailing list ghc-devs@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs