[Debian-med-packaging] curl/7.60.0-1 appears to break r-cran-curl/3.2-1 autopkgtest in testing

[Andreas Tille]

Hi Paul,

On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 11:05:16PM +0200, Paul Gevers wrote:
> On 20-05-18 21:31, Andreas Tille wrote:
> >> library(testthat)
> >> library(curl)
> >>
> >> test_check("curl")
> > This is libcurl version 7.60.0 with OpenSSL/1.0.2o 
> > Using test server: http://hb.opencpu.org 
> > 
> >  *** caught segfault ***
> > address 0x2040000fce0, cause 'memory not mapped'
> 
> curl 7.60.0 migrated to testing. Does this mean that r-cran-curl is now
> broken there? I.e. that it should get an RC bug?

I've checked with 3.2-1+b1 which was part of curl transition.  It does
not crash any more (despite two bugs remain failing):


...
> test_check("curl")
This is libcurl version 7.60.0 with OpenSSL/1.1.0h 
Using test server: http://hb.opencpu.org 
-- 1. Error: echo large data (@test-echo.R#8)  ---------------------------------
argument is of length zero
1: webutils::parse_http(formdata$body, formdata$content_type) at testthat/test-echo.R:8

-- 2. Failure: Keep-Alive (@test-handle.R#31)  ---------------------------------
any(grepl("existing connection", req)) isn't true.

== testthat results  ===========================================================
OK: 128 SKIPPED: 1 FAILED: 2
1. Error: echo large data (@test-echo.R#8) 
2. Failure: Keep-Alive (@test-handle.R#31) 

Error: testthat unit tests failed
Execution halted
...


So I do not consider the issue RC (despite the test is not fully
successful).  I think we should let the transition settle fully and
check again.  I'll discuss the issue with upstream than.

Kind regards

      Andreas.


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