[debbugs-tracker] bug#20597: closed (GNU tar fails test suite)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: GNU tar fails test suite Date: Sun, 17 May 2015 03:23:50 -0400 User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0

When trying to build tar using the installation medium, the build fails
when running the test suite.

The command given was:

guix build -K tar --no-substitutes

The testsuite.log is attached.

testsuite.log
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> Tue, 16 Jun 2015 00:30:41 +0200
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> Andrew Patterson <address@hidden> skribis:
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> > Failed tests:
> > GNU tar 1.28 test suite test groups:
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> >  NUM: FILE-NAME:LINE     TEST-GROUP-NAME
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> >  161: remfiles08a.at:28  remove-files deleting two subdirs in -c/non-incr. 
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> >       create remove-files remfiles08 remfiles08a
> >  163: remfiles08c.at:28  remove-files deleting two subdirs in -r mode
> >       create append remove-files remfiles08 remfiles08c
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> Commit d3b4c13 (in core-updates) skips these tests, as suggested at
> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2015-06/msg00001.html>.
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> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
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