Subject: Re: bug#32409: make check fails with glibc-2.28
From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
To: Jaroslav Skarvada <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2018 10:55:01 -0700
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Thanks for reporting the problem. I installed the attached patch.
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From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2018 10:52:48 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] tests: backref-alt works with glibc 2.28
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Problem reported by Jaroslav Skarvada (Bug#32409).
* tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS) [!USE_INCLUDED_REGEX]:
Don’t add backref-alt, since this bug is fixed in glibc 2.28.
---
 tests/Makefile.am | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 9f52941..d9f9ee8 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ XFAIL_TESTS = triple-backref
 if USE_INCLUDED_REGEX
 XFAIL_TESTS += equiv-classes
 else
-# The backslash-alt test fails for glibc, which needs to be fixed.
-# FIXME-2015: Remove this once the glibc bug is fixed.
-XFAIL_TESTS += backref-alt
+# The backslash-alt test fails for glibc 2.27 and earlier.
+# If you're using older glibc you can upgrade to glibc 2.28 or later,
+# configure --with-included-regex, or ignore the test failure.
 endif
 
 TESTS =						\
-- 
2.17.1