Bug#1142859: xsnow FTBFS on the slower riscv64 buildds

Thanks for your analysis, I will implement your solution into the next version of xsnow.

BTW: your suggestion to add:
   Tests-Directory: src
to tests/control results in a failed autopkgtest: it cannot find src/test1.sh

Regards,

Willem

On 7/26/26 23:44, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> Source: xsnow
> Version: 1:3.9.3-1
> Severity: serious
> Tags: ftbfs patch
> X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
> User: [email protected]
> Usertags: riscv64
> 
> https://buildd.debian.org/status/logs.php?pkg=xsnow&ver=1%3A3.9.3-1&arch=riscv64&suite=sid
> 
> ...
> NOT FOUND: id-NoSanta
> FAILED NoSanta 1, got: 0
> PASSED NoTrees 0
> FAILED NoTrees 1, got: 0
> PASSED Stars 1
> FAILED Stars 0, got: 1
> PASSED ShowBirds 1
> PASSED ShowBirds 0
> WARNING: Glycin running without sandbox.
> PASSED ThemeXsnow 1
> FAILED ThemeXsnow 0, got: 1
> Xsnow: halting because of existence of '/build/reproducible-path/xsnow-3.9.3/debian/.debhelper/generated/_source/home/.xsnowstop'
> 
> Thanks for using xsnow
> Not ok: number of failed tests: 7
> FAIL test2.sh (exit status: 1)
> 
> ============================================================================
> Testsuite summary for xsnow 3.9.3
> ============================================================================
> # TOTAL: 2
> # PASS:  1
> # SKIP:  0
> # XFAIL: 0
> # FAIL:  1
> # XPASS: 0
> # ERROR: 0
> ============================================================================
> See src/test-suite.log for debugging.
> Some test(s) failed.  Please report this to [email protected],
> together with the test-suite.log file (gzipped) and your system
> information.  Thanks.
> ============================================================================
> make[6]: *** [Makefile:1605: test-suite.log] Error 1
> 
> 
> I had to increase the maximum retry in waitfor() by a factor of 10
> for a stable build (see attached patch).
> 
> 
> BTW:
> test{1.2}.sh shouldn't be copied under debian/tests/, instead
>    Tests-Directory: src
> could be added to debian/tests/control