[Python-apps-team] Bug#668025: mercurial: FTBFS[kfreebsd-amd64]: testsuite failure

[Javi Merino]

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 08:21:00AM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Sun, Apr  8, 2012 at 13:27:03 +0200, Christoph Egger wrote:
> 
> > Your package failed to build on the kfreebsd-amd64 buildds:
> > 
> > --- /build/buildd-mercurial_2.1.2-2-kfreebsd-amd64-aq2Wfm/mercurial-2.1.2/tests/test-symlink-placeholder.t
> > +++ /build/buildd-mercurial_2.1.2-2-kfreebsd-amd64-aq2Wfm/mercurial-2.1.2/tests/test-symlink-placeholder.t.err
> > @@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
> >    $ rm b
> >    $ echo foo > b
> >    $ hg --config extensions.n=$TESTTMP/nolink.py status --debug
> > -  ignoring suspect symlink placeholder "b"
> >  
> >  Make a clone using placeholders:
> >  
> > 
> > ERROR: /build/buildd-mercurial_2.1.2-2-kfreebsd-amd64-aq2Wfm/mercurial-2.1.2/tests/test-symlink-placeholder.t output changed
> > 
> Out of 4 tries on kfreebsd-amd64 for this version, it failed 3 times on
> 3 different tests, and succeeded on the fourth build.  Not sure I
> understand this particular one, but I think it's more likely to be an
> unreliable test than a new bug.

None of the changes from 2.1.2-1 to 2.1.2-2 should affect these tests, so
that's actually 2 successful builds out of 5.  On some architectures the
testsuite is unreliable.  If this happens again, I'll probably stop
running it on kfreebsd-amd64.  

Cheers,
Javi

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