the test suite fails

[Benno Schulenberg]

Trying to install parted-.1.8.7 from an overlay produces this:

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Making check in tests
make[1]: Entering directory 
`/var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/parted-1.8.7/work/parted-1.8.7/tests'
make  check-TESTS
make[2]: Entering directory 
`/var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/parted-1.8.7/work/parted-1.8.7/tests'
*   ok 1: create the test file
*   ok 2: run parted -s FILE mklabel msdos
* FAIL 3: expect no output
        $compare out /dev/null
*   ok 4: erase the left-over label
*   ok 5: run parted mklabel (without -s) on a blank disk
*   ok 6: create expected output file
* FAIL 7: check its "interactive" output
        $compare out exp 1>&2
*   ok 8: create interactive input
*   ok 9: rerun that same command, but now with a preexisting label
*   ok 10: normalize the actual output
*   ok 11: create expected output file
* FAIL 12: check its output -- slightly different here, due to prompts
        $compare out exp
* failed 3 among 12 test(s)
FAIL: t0000-basic.sh
*   ok 1: create a file too small to hold a fat32 file system
*   ok 2: label the test disk
* FAIL 3: expect no output
        $compare out /dev/null
*   ok 4: try/fail to create a file system in too small a space
*   ok 5: create expected output file
* FAIL 6: check for expected failure diagnostic
        $compare out exp
*   ok 7: clean up, preparing for next test
*   ok 8: create a file large enough to hold a fat32 file system
*   ok 9: label the test disk
* FAIL 10: expect no output
        $compare out /dev/null
*   ok 11: create an msdos file system
* FAIL 12: expect no output
        $compare out /dev/null
* failed 4 among 12 test(s)
FAIL: t1000-mkpartfs.sh
*   ok 1: create a file large enough to hold a fat32 file system
*   ok 2: label the test disk
* FAIL 3: expect no output
        $compare out /dev/null
*   ok 4: create an partition
*   ok 5: create an msdos file system
* FAIL 6: expect no output
        $compare out /dev/null
* failed 2 among 6 test(s)
FAIL: t2000-mkfs.sh
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3 of 3 tests failed
Please report to address@hidden
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If the tests are not supposed to function correctly yet, 
then please disable them in the Makefile.

Benno