bug#22251: closed (ghc-memory test suite fails on i686)

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> ghc-memory test suite fails on i686
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> Sun, 27 Dec 2015 14:35:20 -0500
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> The ghc-memory test suite has failed several times in a row on i686 with
> the same errors:
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>   http://hydra.gnu.org/build/893578
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> memory
>   [...]
>   encoding
>     Bytes
>       [...]
>       BASE32
>         [...]
>         decode-KAT
>           [...]
>           11:                                         FAIL
>             Exception: Bytes: size must be >= 0
>     [...]
>     ScrubbedBytes
>       [...]
>       BASE32
>         [...]
>         decode-KAT
>           [...]
>           11:                                         FAIL
>             Exception: ScrubbedBytes: size must be >= 0
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>     Mark
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> Re: bug#22251: ghc-memory test suite fails on i686
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> Fri, 18 Dec 2020 17:12:23 -0500
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> Hi Simon,
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> zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> writes:
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> > This bug is very old.  And probably not relevant anymore.
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> > On Sun, 27 Dec 2015 at 14:35, Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> wrote:
> >> The ghc-memory test suite has failed several times in a row on i686 with
> >> the same errors:
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> >>   http://hydra.gnu.org/build/893578
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> > This build number is about openldap-2.4.46.i686-linux on
> > core-updates-core-updates.
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> I don't recognize the web interface that is currently being served at
> <http://hydra.gnu.org/build/893578>.  It certainly does not resemble the
> page that was there when I filed the bug.  I'm pretty sure that at the
> time, it referred to a failed 'ghc-memory' build.
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> > With Guix f4450e8ca909530ee3432710b82f97e23acc7fef, the tests suite of
> > ghc-memory is turn on and the substitute seems available.
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> Well, as I vaguely recall (possibly mistakenly), ghc-memory sometimes
> built successfully back in 2015 on i686-linux as well.  The issue I
> reported was that it often failed.
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> Unfortunately, last I checked, Cuirass still does not provide anything
> close to the level of functionality that Hydra previously provided for
> us.  So maybe this bug still exists, or maybe it doesn't.  The
> information provided by 'guix weather' is too crude to answer that
> question.
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> Anyway, I agree that we should close this bug.  I'll do so now.
> I doubt that many GHC users are on i686 systems anyway.
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> Thanks again for working through these old bugs, Simon.
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>      Regards,
>        Mark
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