[bug#30601] [PATCH staging] gnu: ninja: Disable tests on armhf.

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> skribis:

> Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> writes:
>
>> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> skribis:
>>>
>>>> * gnu/packages/ninja.scm (ninja)[arguments]: Set #:tests? #f on armhf.  Adjust
>>>> CHECK-PHASE accordingly.
>>>> ---
>>>>  gnu/packages/ninja.scm | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
>>>>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/gnu/packages/ninja.scm b/gnu/packages/ninja.scm
>>>> index adb236484..cff2ac38b 100644
>>>> --- a/gnu/packages/ninja.scm
>>>> +++ b/gnu/packages/ninja.scm
>>>> @@ -42,7 +42,15 @@
>>>>      (build-system gnu-build-system)
>>>>      (native-inputs `(("python" ,python-2)))
>>>>      (arguments
>>>> -     '(#:phases
>>>> +     ;; FIXME: On armhf-linux, Subprocess.TestWithLots fails like this:
>>>> +     ;;   *** Failure in src/subprocess_test.cc:241
>>>> +     ;;   ExitSuccess == procs[i]->Finish()
>>>> +     ;; See <https://hydra.gnu.org/build/2515522/nixlog/1/raw>.
>>>> +     ;; Disable for now.
>>>
>>> Sounds reasonable.  Could you also report it upstream?  :-)
>>
>> Actually, now that I'm more awake, I found the problem.  On most
>> machines this test is skipped because it requires 1025 open files.
>> However, on Hydras armhf machines, this limit is apparently higher.
>>
>> The problem is that the test calls out to /bin/echo.  I was able to
>> reproduce it on x86_64 simply by raising the softlimit to 4096.
>>
>> So, I pushed a one-line fix as d0de4c40e24ee52e4382ee2ac82088932ab49099.
>
> Derp.  Apparently I wasn't awake enough and managed to patch the wrong
> file when making the commit.  The followup in
> 6d796220c417a34100c282a7fa1f9afb6ac00339 fixes it, sorry for the noise.

Heh, thank you!

Ludo’.