[Pkg-zsh-devel] Bug#844076: Bug#844076: zsh: FTBFS (failing tests)

[Axel Beckert]

Control: close -1

Hi Santiago,

Santiago Vila wrote:
> [ Sorry for the late reply. I'll try to answer your questions the best I
>   can, but the interesting thing is at the end: zsh does not FTBFS anymore ]

Thanks for the effort.

> Then I tried "diff" on the build logs and found the variables required
> to reproduce it: Using Linux 4.7 AND sbuild with overlayfs.
> 
> If you still want to reproduce this, I think it would still be
> possible by getting linux-image-4.7 from snapshot.debian.org, but that
> would be an exercise of "software archeologism".

Well, I still have one machine running under 4.7 due to
https://bugs.debian.org/838782 and not having rebooted for a while.

But since we're short before the freeze, I must admit that I'm more
keen and glad about getting bugs fixed than digging in old dirt. :-)

> Let's just say that overlayfs was not good enough in Linux 4.7.

Seems so, yes.

> I think this bug should be closed and maybe reassigned to linux as well
> with an "affects src:zsh".

I'm just closing it, that's at least fine for me.

Thanks again for the report and the effort of finding the cause.

		Regards, Axel
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