Re: debian packages of guile 1.9/2.0

[Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>]

Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net> writes:

> Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org> writes:
>
>> It builds, but it looks like there's a make check error:
>>
>>   Running threads.test
>>   FAIL: threads.test: lock-mutex: timed locking succeeds if mutex
>>   unlocked within timeout
>>   Running time.test
>>
>> This is on fairly recent debian unstable.
>
> I'll look into this.

Two thoughts.

1. Is it just that the main thread takes longer than 1 second to
unlock the mutex?  Does the test pass reliably if you increase the 2
in `(+ (current-time) 2)' to, say 5 or 10?

Note that you can run just threads.test by:

$ meta/uninstalled-env meta/guile test-suite/tests/threads.test

2. Is it something to do with specifying or converting time in the
wrong way?  (Time zone issue? - could conceivably work better in
Europe (where most of the core developers currently are) than in US?)

I guess (1) is more likely, so I'll investigate (2) in more detail if
(1) doesn't help.

Regards,
        Neil