Bug#796798: perl: FTBFS on kfreebsd-*: t/op/stat.t failure

[Niko Tyni]

On Thu, Sep 03, 2015 at 10:52:20PM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 07:15:19PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:
> > Package: perl
> > Version: 5.22.0-3
> > Severity: important
> > X-Debbugs-Cc: kfreebsd-i386 at buildd.debian.org, kfreebsd-amd64 at buildd.debian.org
> > 
> > This package failed to build on kfreebsd-amd64 and kfreebsd-i386:
> > 
> >   # Failed test 9 - hard link ctime != mtime at op/stat.t line 147
> >   # it should not be "1440284403"
> >   # but it is.
> >   # Check if you are on a tmpfs of some sort.  Building in /tmp sometimes
> >   # has this problem.  Building on the ClearCase VOBS filesystem may also
> >   # cause this failure.
> >   #
> >   # Darwin's UFS doesn't have a ctime concept, and thus is expected to fail
> >   # this test.
> >   t/op/stat ..................................................... FAILED at test 9

> > I see the buildds are now running kernel 10.1-0 while the earlier
> > builds were on 9.0-2.
> > 
> > @buildd admins: any ideas? Are there known issues with ctime in
> > /tmp on the buildds?
> 
> I tested on falla, and found that this is not specific to perl 5.22,
> so adjusting metadata accordingly. It's also not specific to the schroot
> environment, at least on the buildds; the same test fails outside the
> chroot.

The kfreebsd builds failed again with 5.22.0-4 because of this issue.

I'm taking the debian-bsd list into the loop. Could somebody please look
into this?
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Niko Tyni   ntyni at debian.org