Re: [platform-testers] new snapshot available: coreutils-8.24.161-1204d

[Pádraig Brady]

On 18/01/16 04:09, Assaf Gordon wrote:
> Hello Pádraig and all,
> 
> With this new version (8.24.161), only 3 lesser issues remain.
> The other issues I mentioned with 8.24.150 are resolved.
> 
> 
> 1. Compiling with Tiny-C Compiler (due to tcc bug).
> 
> 
> 2. On FreeBSD-9.3,amd64, "tests/misc/head-c" fails with:
> ===
> + head --bytes=-9223372036854775807
> head: memory exhausted
> ===
> The VM only has 384MB of ram (not sure how much of it is free).
> This does not fail on FreeBSD10.1,amd64,384MB VM.
> 
> Perhaps related to your previous fix for FreeBSD 10:
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commit;h=7648870f391f7565b8a9b0c98d10ff9a0f32ecb7

Grr. Does increasing the adjustment value above 4000 help?

> 3. On OpenSolaris-5.10-x86, "tests/rm/r-root" has 'framework-failure',
> mentioned here: 
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2016-01/msg00042.html.

I'd need access to that particular system to debug.
I suppose we could s/framework_failure_/ret=$?/ here
and rely on the subsequent skip_

> P.S.
> Is it better to open a new bug for each issue, for better tracking?

No it's best to keep on this thread.

thanks again,
Pádraig.