[Debian GNUstep maintainers] Bug#896838: gnustep-back: autopkgtest fails with new version of file

[Paul Gevers]

Source: gnustep-back
Version: 0.26.2-3
Severity: normal
User: debian-ci at lists.debian.org
Usertags: needs-update

With the upload of version 1:5.33-1 of file, the autopkgtest of
gnustep-back¹ started to fail with the error copied below. The first
change is caused by changed behavior in file regarding
application/x-sharedlib vs application/x-pie-executable. It now uses the
executable bit to distinguish. Depending on if that is what you want,
you may need to update your autopkgtest.

On IRC (#debian-devel) it was suggested that instead of relying on file
behavior you dlopen the files if that makes any sense (I can't judge).

I don't know what happens in the second case.

Please investigate and fix your autopkgtest.

Paul

¹ https://ci.debian.net/packages/g/gnustep-back/

autopkgtest [09:28:56]: test file-tests: [-----------------------
test_art_backend
ASSERT:expected:<application/x-sharedlib> but
was:<application/x-pie-executable>
ASSERT:Unknown failure encountered running a test

Ran 2 tests.

FAILED (failures=2)

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