GNU bug report logs - #63533
test-mbrlen5.sh failure

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Caleb Zulawski <caleb.zulawski <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 04:11:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón <carenas <at> gmail.com>
To: Caleb Zulawski <caleb.zulawski <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 63533 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#63533: test-mbrlen5.sh failure
Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 21:46:52 -0700
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On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 09:09:02PM -0400, Caleb Zulawski wrote:
> 
> Isn’t this test too strict, then?

It shouldn't had been included with the release; the attached patch
should help with that for future releases.

> Or is there some way to disable/allow failure for this particular test?

In your build process you could force to skip by doing :

  echo "exit 77" > gnulib-tests/test-mbrlen5.sh

> It seems like it should not prevent a build.

it does not; the build finished, and the tests for grep finished successfully
as well.

if you read your log output, will see this is part of the gnulib tests.

Carlo
[0001-gnulib-avoid-mbrlen-tests.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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