From 8c8ded2cc9201e69e87999bb40ef09c6c868deb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marius Bakke Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 16:37:50 +0200 Subject: gnu: grep: Work around test failure with glibc 2.28. * gnu/packages/base.scm (grep)[arguments]: Add phase 'disable-failing-tests'. --- gnu/packages/base.scm | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'gnu') diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm index 114413bafc..1c652bcce4 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/base.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm @@ -102,6 +102,15 @@ command-line arguments, multiple languages, and so on.") (arguments `(#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases + (add-before 'check 'disable-failing-tests + (lambda _ + ;; These tests are expected to fail due to a glibc bug which has + ;; been fixed in 2.28, so they are unexpectedly passing. They + ;; should be fixed for grep versions > 3.1. + (substitute* "tests/Makefile.in" + (("^[[:blank:]]+backref-alt[[:blank:]]+\\\\") "\\") + (("^[[:blank:]]+triple-backref[[:blank:]]+\\\\") "\\")) + #t)) (add-after 'install 'fix-egrep-and-fgrep ;; Patch 'egrep' and 'fgrep' to execute 'grep' via its ;; absolute file name instead of searching for it in $PATH. -- cgit v1.2.3