bug#22558: gnupg-2.1.11 on x86_64 failed its tests many times on Hydra

[Mark H Weaver]

Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> writes:

> gnupg-2.1.11 on x86_64 failed its tests many times on Hydra:
>
>   http://hydra.gnu.org:3000/build/990803#tabs-buildsteps
>
> On all other architectures (i686, armhf, mips64el) it succeeded on the
> first try.  So far, we've heard no reports of it failing for anyone else
> on x86_64.  Ludovic built it 3 times on his x86_64 machine and it never
> failed.
>
> It failed in at least two different ways:
>
> * With only 1 test failure: gpgtar.test.  This happened on at least two
>   different build slaves.
>
> * With 14 test failures.  This happened at least twice, on
>   hydra.gnunet.org.

Eric Bavier reported on #guix that it failed to build on his machine
twice in a row, with 14 test failures.

       Mark