bug#33322: [PATCH] gnu: maxima: Fix tests on i686 and x86_64.

[Kei Kebreau <kkebreau@posteo.net>]

ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> Hello,
>
> Kei Kebreau <kkebreau@posteo.net> skribis:
>
>> * gnu/packages/maths.scm (maxima)[arguments]: Replace check phase.
>
> [...]
>
>> + ;; This is derived from the testing code in the "debian/rules"
>> file
>> +             ;; of Debian's Maxima package.
>> + ;; If Maxima can successfully run this, the binary to be installed
>> +             ;; should be fine.
>> +             (zero?
>> +              (system
>> +               (string-append "./maxima-local "
>> +                              "--lisp=gcl "
>> +                              "--batch-string=\"run_testsuite();\" "
>> +                              "| grep -q \"No unexpected errors found\"")))))
>
> So the exit code without grep isn’t good enough, right?
>
> If it has to be this way, so be it!
>

Yes, because I think that Maxima returns successfully as long as it
exits without the underlying Lisp implementation crashing.

> Thanks,
> Ludo’.

Thank you for the review!