Re: Failed test on Solaris 8 Sparc

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Simon,

Am 21.04.2010 um 08:36 schrieb Simon Josefsson:
> Dagobert Michelsen <address@hidden> writes:
>> Am 31.03.2009 um 12:23 schrieb Simon Josefsson:
>>> Dagobert Michelsen <address@hidden> writes:
>>>> I am getting a test failure on Solaris 8 Sparc w/Sun Studio 11:
>>> 
>>> Hi! Thanks for the report.  The problem is actually in a self-test
>>> from
>>> gnulib.  Your GNU SASL library build should still be fine, if this is
>>> the only problem.  poll is only used by the 'gsasl' tool, and it most
>>> likely doesn't require the behaviour tested for by the gnulib self-
>>> test.
>>> So a 'make install' should be safe.
>>> 
>>>>> Unconnected socket test... passed
>>>>> Connected sockets test... failed (expecting POLLHUP after shutdown)
>>>>> General socket test with fork... failed (expecting POLLHUP after
>>>>> shutdown)
>>>>> FAIL: test-poll
>>> 
>>> Does anyone recognize this problem?
>>> 
>>> If there is no simple solution, I'll disable the self-test in gsasl.
>> 
>> Any news on this? I just tested gsasl 1.4.4 on Solaris 9 w/Sun Studio
>> 12 and the error still occurs.
> 
> The error is a likely a problem in the gnulib self-tests.  If that
> problem isn't resolved in response to your e-mail within a few weeks,
> please ping me again and I'll disable the self test since in GNU SASL.
> 
> Meanwhile you can patch your local copy to not run this particular test,
> I believe your GNU SASL installation should be fine if this is the only
> self test failing.

The error is still present in 1.6.1, what can we do about that?
Talking to the gnulib maintainers?


Best regards

  -- Dago

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