bug#27542: [PATCH] gnu: gcr: Enable working tests.

[Kei Kebreau]

address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> Kei Kebreau <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>>
>>> Kei Kebreau <address@hidden> skribis:
>>>
>>>> address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> Kei Kebreau <address@hidden> skribis:
>>>>>
>>>>>> * gnu/packages/patches/gcr-disable-failing-tests.patch,
>>>>>> gnu/packages/patches/gcr-fix-collection-tests-to-work-with-gpg-21.patch:
>>>>>> New files.
>>>>>> * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add patches.
>>>>>> * gnu/packages/gnome.scm (gcr)[source]: Use patches.
>>>>>> [arguments]: Enable tests.
>>>>>
>>>>> [...]
>>>>>
>>>>>> +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/gcr-disable-failing-tests.patch
>>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
>>>>>> +This patch removes a group of tests that fail because
>>>>>> /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
>>>>>> +is not present in the build environment.
>>>>>
>>>>> We usually work around these with:
>>>>>
>>>>>   (setenv "DBUS_FATAL_WARNINGS" "0")
>>>>>
>>>>> Is it ineffective here?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That's good to know, but it doesn't seem to work in this case. I get 18
>>>> test failures all from the same group mentioning the missing
>>>> 'machine-id' file.
>>>
>>> Are they really errors and not just warnings (the errors being something
>>> else)?
>>>
>>> Also, could it be that some Makefile or script forcefully sets
>>> DBUS_FATAL_WARNINGS to 1, as is the case in ‘python-dbus’?
>>>
>>
>> I see no such setting.
>
> OK.  In that case your patch looks like the right thing to me.
>
> Thank you, and sorry for introducing more delay!
>

I'd rather be safe than sorry! Thanks for the review.

Pushed to master as 85c774808fc13a0adc603784b2358a7c285c4822.

> Ludo’.

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