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new snapshot available: gzip-1.8.32-4606

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
Cc: 29033 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: bug#29033: [platform-testers] new snapshot available: gzip-1.8.32-4606
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2017 20:40:31 -0800

On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 7:20 PM, Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org> wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
>> This is due to a bug in the Linux kernel, when it emulates 32-bit Linux atop a
>> 64-bit kernel. See:
>>
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1419736
>
> I see, you nailed it down already.
>
>> I see that Assaf reported the same bug against gzip here:
>>
>> https://bugs.gnu.org/25636#8
>>
>> I don't see an easy way of working around the bug in gzip proper. It will become
>> a bigger deal when the year 2038 rolls around....
>>
>> I suppose we could skip the test when running in 32-bit mode atop Linux x86-64,
>> though that sort of misses the point of doing the test.
>
> The concept of "expected failure" fits here, I think. If the test suite would flag
> this as an XFAIL rather than a FAIL, people would not report it.
>
> AFAIU from the doc [1], the way to turn a FAIL into an XFAIL is to add something
> like this in the Makefile.am:
>
>   XFAIL_TESTS =
>   if $host is x86_64-*-linux* and $HOST_CPU_C_ABI is i386
>   XFAIL_TESTS += timestamp
>   fi
>
> Bruno
>
> [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/Scripts_002dbased-Testsuites.html

Thanks to both of you.
FYI, the timestamp test also fails on e.g., the Solaris 5.11 i386 platform.

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