bug#26671: serf package (guix dependency) tests fail

[Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>]

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Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> writes:

> Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> writes:
>
>> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Hello Guix!
>>>
>>> While attempting to "guix environment guix" after doing a "git pull"
>>> in my guix checkout (master), it attempted to build many packages
>>> (bash, gcc, etc.) and failed building `serf' due to test failures:
>>>
>>> ............F.FFF.FFF.FF.FFFFF...................................
>>>
>>> There were 14 failures:
>>> 1) test_ssl_trust_rootca: test/test_util.c:438: expected <0> but was <120199>
>>> 2) test_ssl_certificate_chain_with_anchor: test/test_util.c:438:
>>> expected <0> but was <120199>
>>> 3) test_ssl_certificate_chain_all_from_server: test/test_util.c:438:
>>> expected <0> but was <120199>
>>> 4) test_ssl_no_servercert_callback_allok: test/test_util.c:438:
>>> expected <0> but was <120170>
>>> 5) test_ssl_large_response: test/test_util.c:438: expected <0> but was <120170>
>>> 6) test_ssl_large_request: test/test_util.c:438: expected <0> but was <120170>
>>> 7) test_ssl_client_certificate: test/test_util.c:438: expected <0> but
>>> was <120170>
>>> 8) test_ssl_future_server_cert: test/test_util.c:438: expected <0> but
>>> was <120199>
>>> 9) test_setup_ssltunnel: test/test_util.c:438: expected <0> but was <120170>
>>> 10) test_ssltunnel_basic_auth: test/test_context.c:2116: expected <0>
>>> but was <120170>
>>> 11) test_ssltunnel_basic_auth_server_has_keepalive_off:
>>> test/test_context.c:2116: expected <0> but was <120170>
>>> 12) test_ssltunnel_basic_auth_proxy_has_keepalive_off:
>>> test/test_context.c:2116: expected <0> but was <120170>
>>> 13) test_ssltunnel_basic_auth_proxy_close_conn_on_200resp:
>>> test/test_context.c:2116: expected <0> but was <120170>
>>> 14) test_ssltunnel_digest_auth: test/test_util.c:438: expected <0> but
>>> was <120170>
>>>
>>> !!!FAILURES!!!
>>> Runs: 65 Passes: 51 Fails: 14
>>
>> The SSL certificates in "test/server" expired 18/04.
>>
>> https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1792234
>>
>> I'll try to port this patch, but "viewvc" can't give binary diffs, so
>> will have to clone it locally first.
>
> Apparently "patch" does not yet support binary diffs either:
>
> patching file test/test_buckets.c
> Hunk #1 succeeded at 1232 (offset -91 lines).
> patching file test/server/serfcacert.pem
> File test/server/serfclientcert.p12: git binary diffs are not supported.
> patching file test/server/serfrootcacert.pem
> patching file test/server/serfserver_expired_cert.pem
> patching file test/server/serfserver_future_cert.pem
> patching file test/server/serfservercert.pem
> patching file test/server/serfserverkey.pem
> source is under 'serf-1.3.8'
> applying '/gnu/store/qbh97afjjgkn332f8ncn6k8pg74wfc8w-serf-comment-style-fix.patch'...
> applying '/gnu/store/vk533j8s56nhlzz2hnqn853xb9yl6b6y-serf-update-test-certificates.patch'...
> builder for `/gnu/store/3kcz9as8i986fxqj368n6cg3k7nhj7cq-serf-1.3.8.tar.xz.drv' failed to produce output path `/gnu/store/n4479kx0qx8rblzqnwgxg7jnp1x1xyjh-serf-1.3.8.tar.xz'
>
> I'll try to run `git apply` in a phase instead, although that will
> almost double the reverse dependencies of "git".

Never mind, "serf" is already a dependency of git (through
"subversion"), so this did not work very well..

Perhaps we could have a "git-minimal" for cases like this? I suppose
that could be useful for "git-fetch" as well. I'll give that a go
shortly, unless there are better suggestions.

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