Re: gnutls 2.3.11 testsuite failure on sparc (openpgpself)

[Simon Josefsson]

Andreas Metzler <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello,
>
> gnutls 2.3.11 dpoes not build correctly on sparc.
>
> http://experimental.debian.net/fetch.php?&pkg=gnutls26&ver=2.3.11-1&arch=sparc&stamp=1211629418&file=log&as=raw
>
> There is testsuite failure when running openpgpself. (Complete output
> attached). From comparing the output with i386, it looks like i386
> actually does not complete successfully, too - but the error is not
> correctly reflected in the exit code:
>
> --------------
> client: Handshake failed
> GNUTLS ERROR: A TLS packet with unexpected length was received.
> --------------

Indeed, the openpgpself test doesn't seem to work on any platform.
Nikos, could you take a look at this?

<thinking out loud>The *self tests are rather ugly and have poor error
handling... it would be nice to clean them up to provide a generic test
framework so it can test much more: all ciphers, all hashes, and so on.

/Simon