Hi.
For your consideration: The following patch works for me (but I don't
know anything about Go, please double-check).
As I said in my initial report, unit tests are mostly useful when they
test the package which is being built, but this one checks the underlying
system, not the package itself, which is a little bit odd and not so useful.
Thanks.
diff -Nru golang-golang-x-sys-0.0~git20181228.9a3f9b0/debian/changelog
golang-golang-x-sys-0.0~git20181228.9a3f9b0/debian/changelog
--- golang-golang-x-sys-0.0~git20181228.9a3f9b0/debian/changelog
2018-12-31 10:40:44.000000000 +0100
+++ golang-golang-x-sys-0.0~git20181228.9a3f9b0/debian/changelog
2019-01-03 00:17:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+golang-golang-x-sys (0.0~git20181228.9a3f9b0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * Add 02-do-not-check-for-device-files.patch. Assume that device
+ files are ok and do not check them. Closes: #907191.
+
+ -- Anthony Fok <f...@debian.org> Wed, 02 Jan 2019 23:44:12 +0000
+
golang-golang-x-sys (0.0~git20181228.9a3f9b0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
* New upstream version 0.0~git20181228.9a3f9b0
diff -Nru
golang-golang-x-sys-0.0~git20181228.9a3f9b0/debian/patches/02-do-not-check-for-device-files.patch
golang-golang-x-sys-0.0~git20181228.9a3f9b0/debian/patches/02-do-not-check-for-device-files.patch
---
golang-golang-x-sys-0.0~git20181228.9a3f9b0/debian/patches/02-do-not-check-for-device-files.patch
1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++
golang-golang-x-sys-0.0~git20181228.9a3f9b0/debian/patches/02-do-not-check-for-device-files.patch
2019-01-03 00:14:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+From: Santiago Vila <sanv...@debian.org>
+Subject: Do not check for device files and assume they are ok
+
+--- a/unix/dev_linux_test.go
++++ b/unix/dev_linux_test.go
+@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
+ )
+
+ func TestDevices(t *testing.T) {
++ return
+ testCases := []struct {
+ path string
+ major uint32
diff -Nru golang-golang-x-sys-0.0~git20181228.9a3f9b0/debian/patches/series
golang-golang-x-sys-0.0~git20181228.9a3f9b0/debian/patches/series
--- golang-golang-x-sys-0.0~git20181228.9a3f9b0/debian/patches/series
2018-03-02 07:23:30.000000000 +0100
+++ golang-golang-x-sys-0.0~git20181228.9a3f9b0/debian/patches/series
2019-01-03 00:13:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
01-Fix-mips-build-issues.patch
+02-do-not-check-for-device-files.patch
