From 12856c4096d7e842021a6e9ed16a8e8e823fe0c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aditya G S Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 14:02:13 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] gawk: disable randtest in ptest gawk: ptest: disable randtest due to nondeterministic behavior randtest performs a statistical validation of randomness by computing autocorrelation of generated samples and verifying that the results remain within a defined sigma threshold. In testing, the correlation values are generally small and consistent with expected random behavior. However, in some runs the condition: abs(corr[tau] / sigma) > max_allowed_sigma is triggered, resulting in intermittent failures. This behavior appears to be highly sensitive to small variations in floating point calculations and runtime conditions such as CPU timing, entropy state, and execution environment. The test can pass or fail without any functional issue in rand() itself. This was reproduced by enabling debug output in randtest and running it multiple times, where occasional failures were observed despite normal statistical characteristics of the output. Since the underlying functionality appears correct and the failure is environment-dependent, this test behaves similarly to other nondeterministic tests (e.g., time, timeout) already skipped in this recipe. As a temporary measure, disable randtest in ptest to ensure stable test results in CI environments. Upstream discussion: (add link once reported) Signed-off-by: Aditya GS --- meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.4.0.bb | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.4.0.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.4.0.bb index d7211f28f3..7962a1ebac 100644 --- a/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.4.0.bb +++ b/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.4.0.bb @@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ do_install_ptest() { for t in time timeout; do echo $t >> ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/test/skipped.txt done + + rm -f ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/test/randtest.* + echo randtest >> ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/test/skipped.txt + } do_install_ptest:append:libc-musl() { -- 2.34.1