GNU bug report logs - #73036
29.4; Test failure in erc-networks--id-sort-buffers

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ulrich Mueller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>

Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 06:01:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.4

Fixed in version 30.1

Done: Ulrich Mueller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 73036 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "J.P." <jp <at> neverwas.me>
To: Ulrich Mueller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, emacs-erc <at> gnu.org, 73036 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#73036: 29.4; Test failure in erc-networks--id-sort-buffers
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2024 23:44:02 -0700

Hi Ulrich,

Author of shoddy test here. Apologies for the annoyance.

Ulrich Mueller <ulm <at> gentoo.org> writes:

> Looking at the code, the test creates three buffers, then sorts them by
> time. Clock resolution on HPPA appears to be 4 milliseconds, so it is
> not unlikely that the buffers end up with exactly the same timestamp and
> sorting fails.

Makes sense to me.

> Attached patch fixes the problem. Is it OK to install it on the emacs-30
> branch?

I guess that's up to the Emacs maintainers (Eli Cc'd).

Thanks,
J.P.
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