On 01/11/2014 11:40 AM, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > An i686-linux-gnu build of Coreutils 8.21 with Guix failed like this > (see <http://hydra.gnu.org/build/34068/nixlog/1/raw>): > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > FAIL: test-fdutimensat (exit: 134) > ================================== > > test-lutimens.h:64: assertion failed > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > There’ve been reports of flakiness before, in particular: > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2013-04/msg00076.html > > What would you recommend to solve the issue?
The reason was a race in gnulib's nap.h which has been fixed with: http://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/?id=439b0e925f For maintaining in a distribution, I'd recommend * upgrading to coreutils-8.22, or * patching nap.h for the tests to succeed, or * skipping the affected tests. Have a nice day, Berny
