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[PATCH] tests: Allow passing on systems without support for swap devices.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Simon South <simon <at> simonsouth.net>
Subject: bug#41606: closed (Re: [bug#41606] [PATCH] tests: Allow passing
 on systems without support for swap devices.)
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2020 08:29:01 +0000

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Your bug report

#41606: [PATCH] tests: Allow passing on systems without support for swap devices.

which was filed against the guix-patches package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 41606 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>
To: Simon South <simon <at> simonsouth.net>
Cc: 41606-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#41606] [PATCH] tests: Allow passing on systems without
 support for swap devices.
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2020 10:28:16 +0200

Hello Simon,

> On these systems the "swapon" and "swapoff" syscalls return ENOSYS
> ("Function not implemented"). The patch modifies the relevant tests in
> tests/syscalls.scm to accept this as a valid return value.

This looks good to me. I added a copyright line for you and pushed.

Thanks,

Mathieu

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From: Simon South <simon <at> simonsouth.net>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] tests: Allow passing on systems without support for swap
 devices.
Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 14:24:46 -0400

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The attached patch allows Guix's test suite to pass (and thus, the
"guix" package to be built) on systems that lack support for swap
devices; that is, systems that not only do not have a swap device
enabled but do not have even support for memory paging built into the
kernel (e.g. Linux built without CONFIG_SWAP). This might be the case
for a small home server, for example, on which the workload is
predictable but memory is otherwise at a premium.

On these systems the "swapon" and "swapoff" syscalls return ENOSYS
("Function not implemented"). The patch modifies the relevant tests in
tests/syscalls.scm to accept this as a valid return value.

--
Simon South
simon <at> simonsouth.net

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