Hi James, and Happy New Year to you and yours!

On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 10:50:25AM -0500, James McCoy wrote:
>On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 04:38:10AM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote:

...

>> From test_alot.vim:
>> Found errors in Test_compiler():
>> function RunTheTest[40]..Test_compiler line 18: command did not fail: clist
>> function RunTheTest[40]..Test_compiler line 24: Pattern '\n 1 Xfoo.pl:3: 
>> Global symbol "$foo" requires explicit package name' does not match '\n11 
>> Xfoo.pl:3: Global symbol "$foo" requires explicit package name (did you 
>> forget to declare "my $foo"?)'
>> TEST FAILURE
>> make[2]: *** [Makefile:48: report] Error 1
>> make[2]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/src/vim-basic/testdir'
>> make[1]: *** [Makefile:2121: scripttests] Error 2
>> make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/src/vim-basic'
>> make: *** [debian/rules:261: build-stamp-vim-basic] Error 2
>> rm configure-stamp-vim-basic
>> dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules binary subprocess returned exit 
>> status 2
>> ...
>> 
>> I've no idea why this one particular test is failing :-(
>
>The VerifyScreenDump ones are known to be flaky, but it would still help
>if they actually showed the problem when they were marked as failed. :(
>I should talk to upstream about that.

ACK, that would help. :-)

>The "Test_compiler line 24" one is odd.  All that test does is create a
>file foo.pl
>
>    #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>    use strict;
>    $foo=1;
>
>and then run "perl -c foo.pl".  It expects there to be 1 line of output,
>stating that "$foo" isn't declared.  However, there appears to be 11
>lines of output.  That should be easy to verify independently.
>
>Is there a way for me to replicate this new environment on the
>porterboxes so I can debug further?

amdahl is the arm64 porterbox, and I've just checked - it has armel
and armhf schroots configured too. That should hopefully cover what
you need - shout if you need anything more!

Thanks for the quick response!

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                st...@einval.com
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