GNU bug report logs - #14528
remake-configure-dependencies test fails on fast systems without subsecond timestamps

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Package: automake;

Reported by: Colin Watson <cjwatson <at> ubuntu.com>

Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 11:23:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

Done: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #15 received at 14528 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Colin Watson <cjwatson <at> ubuntu.com>
To: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 14528 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14528: remake-configure-dependencies test fails on fast
	systems without subsecond timestamps
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 11:47:56 +0100

On Mon, Jun 03, 2013 at 11:29:08AM +0200, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> You are perfectly right.  I thought the sleeps implicit in configure
> invocations were enough to avoid this kind of issues, but after a more
> careful consideration I realized I was mistaken (see commit message in
> the patch below for an extended rationale).
> 
> Can you confirm the patch works for you?

Before this patch, I got 32 passes from 100 runs; after this patch, I
get 100 passes from 100 runs.  So it looks good to me.

Thanks,

-- 
Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson <at> ubuntu.com]
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