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

[Ludovic Courtès]

Eric Bavier <address@hidden> skribis:

>> > * 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.
>
> I used 'git bisect' on the gnupg repository to narrow the failures
> down. Commit ee87c653bf is the commit that introduces the failures.

Thanks for digging!  Could you report it upstream?

> Knowing this however doesn't explain why Ludo was not able to
> reproduce on his machine or why Hydra was eventually able to build it
> successfully.

This could be due to assembly using instructions available on one
machine and not the other.

Ludo’.