Re: Our git just broke

[Ben Woodcroft]

On 15/08/16 11:08, Mark H Weaver wrote:
> Leo Famulari <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 02:28:43PM +1000, Ben Woodcroft wrote:
> > > On 14/08/16 03:28, Pjotr Prins wrote:
> > > > Also gnutls does not pass it's tests on my system, nor does
> > > > subversion.
> > > Both gnutls and subversion are substituted for me on current master
> > > (891284), indicating they built without issue OK on hydra. Does it still not
> > > work for you?
> > Regarding GnuTLS, I assume Pjotr is describing the failure of the
> > "name-constraints" test [0].
> >
> > Unfortunately, GnuTLS used a certificate in one of their tests without
> > taking care to handle its expiration date, so now the certificate has
> > expired. It looks like a mistake. Other test certificates in their test
> > suite are guarded against this, and they have committed a fix.
I'm a little confused. AIUI, this was fixed in 3.5.2 which is a part of 
current master and 0.11.0.

I just used 'build --check' and both gnutls and subversion build without 
issue, though subversion seems to be non-deterministic.

Let us know if you are still experiencing build failures Pjotr
> It might be worth investigating the possibility of setting the system
> clock to a deterministic value within build containers.
Sounds like a good idea if anyone has the bandwidth.

ben