Re: coreutils-8.14 test-parse-datetime.c:142: assertion failed

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Olaf Westrik" <weizen_42-Yz37vSk3/[email protected]>
To: "Gilles Espinasse" <[email protected]>
Cc: "IPCOP devel" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: [IPCop-devel] coreutils-8.14 test-parse-datetime.c:142:
assertion failed


> On 2011-11-05 07:20, Gilles Espinasse wrote:
> > I have actually now idea why but that coreutils gnulib test now
consistently
> > fail each time that test is run.
> > I have tested before coreutils-8.14 without a failure, the last time I
had a
> > success was 2011-10-27.
>
> I have just checked my testresults, no coreutils error shown when last
> testing on 2011-10-30 (SVN 6006).
> --> http://ipcop-addons.ath.cx/ipcop/testresults/svn-6006/
>
> Just started a new test run, but I doubt that will change the results.
>
>
> Olaf

Interesting that 2011-10-30 test was ok as test use gmt_offset and 30-11 was
the day for you and me when gmtoff value changed from 7200 to 3600.

zdump -v -c 2011,2012 Europe/Paris
...
Europe/Paris  Sun Oct 30 00:59:59 2011 UTC = Sun Oct 30 02:59:59 2011 CEST
isdst=1 gmtoff=7200
Europe/Paris  Sun Oct 30 01:00:00 2011 UTC = Sun Oct 30 02:00:00 2011 CET
isdst=0 gmtoff=3600

Looking at
http://ipcop-addons.ath.cx/ipcop/testresults/svn-6006/coreutils-8.14-02.log
timestamp, this test should have run after the time transition.
I then find the solution on gnulib changelog
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=commitdiff;h=56ddf0fdeb52ce76718e0594db4f567401e90a2c
So you could ignore the issue. Unsure we should attempt to fix the test,
maybe just allow test to fail for now until next coreutils release.

Gilles


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