GNU bug report logs - #26671
serf package (guix dependency) tests fail

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From: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: 26671 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#26671: serf package (guix dependency) tests fail
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 18:01:35 +0200

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Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com> writes:
> Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name> writes:
>>> https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1792234
>>
>> Rather than using this workaround, which will stop working 2018-09-19,
>> we should disable this test. We should also file an upstream bug asking
>> them to fudge the date in their tests, so that we can run this test
>> suite forever. GnuTLS uses this technique with the 'datefudge' tool.
>
> Interesting, I was not aware of "datefudge".
>
> I'll disable these tests for now and create an upstream issue once I've
> learned more about the datefudge tool.

I disabled these tests in decb4c26fa1c748b118e33495d5493d84a6ca6c9 and
also pushed an update for 1.3.9.

Leaving this bug open until the upstream issue is created so it can be
added here as a reference.

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