Subject: [bug#47615] [PATCH 8/9] gnu: mercurial: Skip tests on powerpc-linux.

From: Efraim Flashner <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2021 15:32:52 +0300

* gnu/packages/version-control.scm (mercurial)[arguments]: Skip tests on
powerpc-linux.
---
 gnu/packages/version-control.scm | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
index 4d4b276a10..13e2ccd400 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
@@ -1688,7 +1688,11 @@ execution of any hook written in any language before every commit.")
                          "--slowtimeout" "86400"
                          ;; The test suite takes a long time and produces little
                          ;; output by default.  Prevent timeouts due to silence.
-                         "-v"))))))))
+                         "-v"))))))
+       ;; Tests on powerpc-linux take more than 10 hours.
+       #:tests? ,(if (string=? "powerpc-linux" (or (%current-system)
+                                                   (%current-target-system)))
+                   '#f '#t)))
     ;; The following inputs are only needed to run the tests.
     (native-inputs
      `(("python-nose" ,python-nose)
-- 
2.31.1