[bug#27542] [PATCH] gnu: gcr: Enable working tests.

[Kei Kebreau <kei@openmailbox.org>]

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ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> Kei Kebreau <kei@openmailbox.org> skribis:
>
>> ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Kei Kebreau <kei@openmailbox.org> skribis:
>>>
>>>> * gnu/packages/patches/gcr-disable-failing-tests.patch,
>>>> gnu/packages/patches/gcr-fix-collection-tests-to-work-with-gpg-21.patch:
>>>> New files.
>>>> * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add patches.
>>>> * gnu/packages/gnome.scm (gcr)[source]: Use patches.
>>>> [arguments]: Enable tests.
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>> +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/gcr-disable-failing-tests.patch
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
>>>> +This patch removes a group of tests that fail because
>>>> /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
>>>> +is not present in the build environment.
>>>
>>> We usually work around these with:
>>>
>>>   (setenv "DBUS_FATAL_WARNINGS" "0")
>>>
>>> Is it ineffective here?
>>>
>>
>> That's good to know, but it doesn't seem to work in this case. I get 18
>> test failures all from the same group mentioning the missing
>> 'machine-id' file.
>
> Are they really errors and not just warnings (the errors being something
> else)?
>
> Also, could it be that some Makefile or script forcefully sets
> DBUS_FATAL_WARNINGS to 1, as is the case in ‘python-dbus’?
>

I see no such setting.

> Ludo’.

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