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Subject: Re: Extra files in build container
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 13:26:37 +0200
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To: Gregor Giesen <giesen@zaehlwerk.net>
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Hi Gregor,

Gregor Giesen <giesen@zaehlwerk.net> skribis:

> On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 09:58:55AM +0200, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote:
>> In cases like the one you describe, we usually end up modifying tests to
>> use the numerical values for services and protocols rather than their
>> names.
> Unfortunately, this turns out to be quite cumbersome since in my case
> (unittests for unbound) there is a lot of test data to be modified and
> in many cases not only plain text but also encrypted records (DNSSEC=20
> tests). On the other hand the values to be looked up are mostly =E2=80=9C=
udp=E2=80=9D
> and =E2=80=9Ctcp=E2=80=9D in /etc/protocols and =E2=80=9Cdomain=E2=80=9D =
in /etc/services, so I decided=20
> that using a preload library for these few glibc calls just in case of=20
> the unittest should do the trick rather than no checks at all.

I think it would be easier to just use =E2=80=98substitute*=E2=80=99 to rep=
lace all the
occurrences of =E2=80=9Ctcp=E2=80=9D, etc., wouldn=E2=80=99t it?

> However, it is an ugly hack and bloats the package definition.

I agree, but it=E2=80=99s hard to improve on it without compromising
reproducibility.

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.