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Bug#642291: FTBFS on powerpc: misc/seq-long-double test fails, should be skipped

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Michael Stone <mstone <at> debian.org>

Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:11:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 9573, 9576

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

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From: Michael Stone <mstone <at> debian.org>
To: Michel Dänzer <daenzer <at> debian.org>,
	642291 <at> bugs.debian.org
Cc: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: Bug#642291: FTBFS on powerpc: misc/seq-long-double test fails,
	should be skipped
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:30:47 -0400

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 10:18:47AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
>The test fails because it doesn't pass $CFLAGS to the compiler. The attached
>patch fixes this, so the test is skipped as expected.

The point wasn't to skip the test, it was to fix the bug. :-) 
Unfortunately, the CFLAGS change doesn't do that after all. If anything, 
it's worse:

./seq 9223372036854775807 9223372036854775808 | head
9223372036854775808
9223372036854775808
9223372036854775808
9223372036854775808
9223372036854775808
9223372036854775808
9223372036854775808
9223372036854775808
9223372036854775808
9223372036854775808

Before the CFLAGS change (add -mlong-double-64) it just did this:

./seq 9223372036854775807 9223372036854775808    
9223372036854775808

whereas with 8.5 it did this:

seq 9223372036854775807 9223372036854775808
9223372036854775807
9223372036854775808

(running on pescetti.d.o/powerpc)

Mike Stone
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Message #8 received at 9568 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: 9568 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: #9568 FTBFS on powerpc: misc/seq-long-double test fails,
	should be skipped
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:43:55 +0100

forcemerge 9576 9573 9568
close 9568
thanks

Thanks.  These are all the same, and have since
been resolved both in debian and in gnulib.

#9568 Bug#642291: FTBFS on powerpc: misc/seq-long-double test fails, should be skipped
#9573 Bug#642291: FTBFS on powerpc: misc/seq-long-double test fails, should be skipped
#9576 Bug#642291: FTBFS on powerpc: misc/seq-long-double test fails, should be skipped
Forcibly Merged 9568 9573 9576. Request was from Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:47:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug closed, send any further explanations to 9568 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Michael Stone <mstone <at> debian.org> Request was from Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:47:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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