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.

> Thanks,
> Ludo’.