[Debian-med-packaging] Verified problem in new version of itext5

[Andreas Tille]

Hi,

the attached quilt patch disables both failing tests in version 5.5.3.

Hope this helps

       Andreas.

On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:07:46AM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> [please CC me I'm not a member of pkg-java-maintainers]
> 
> Hi,
> 
> since this package has two reverse dependencies in Debian Med (figtree,
> biojava3-live) I had a look into this.  I tried the latest version
> (5.5.3) and realised, that the problem exists also there plus another
> one.
> 
> 
> Results :
> 
> Tests in error: 
>   testExtraXObjects(com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfCopyTest): Can't connect to X11 window server using 'localhost:11.0' as the value of the DISPLAY variable.
>   remoteGifTest(com.itextpdf.text.RemoteGifImageTest): itextpdf.com
> 
> Tests run: 246, Failures: 0, Errors: 2, Skipped: 4
> 
> 
> I think in principle it should be quite easy to simply exclude these
> tests from the test suite.  Please keep in touch if any help might
> be needed and whether you consider upgrading to the latest version.
> 
> Remark:  I'd recommend using a Git repository layout including
> pristine-tar since the tarball will not be downloaded but created from
> SVN and thus it matters regarding md5sum what tarball is used.  Keeping
> it as pristine tar would bring all maintainers on the same base.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
>        Andreas.
> 
> -- 
> http://fam-tille.de

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