On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 07:52:12AM +0100, Collin Funk wrote: > Thomas Klausner <[email protected]> writes: > > > Hi! > > > > I'm currently updating the coreutils package in pkgsrc to 9.12 and see > > three test failures on NetBSD 11.99.8/x86_64. > > > > FAIL: tests/date/date > > ===================== > > > > "my" variable $date masks earlier declaration in same scope at > > ./tests/date/date.pl line 501. > > date.pl: test rfc822-1: stderr mismatch, comparing rfc822-1.2 (expected) > > and rfc822-1.E (actual) > > --- rfc822-1.2 2026-09-24 13:57:52.719028798 +0000 > > +++ rfc822-1.E 2026-09-24 13:57:52.720761652 +0000 > > @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ > > +Setting LC_CTYPE to 'de_DE' failed setlocale(3) > > +Setting LC_MESSAGES to 'de_DE' failed setlocale(3) > > +Setting LC_MONETARY to 'de_DE' failed setlocale(3) > > +Setting LC_NUMERIC to 'de_DE' failed setlocale(3) > > +Setting LC_TIME to 'de_DE' failed setlocale(3) > > FAIL tests/date/date.pl (exit status: 1) > > > > FAIL: tests/stat/stat-birthtime > > =============================== > > > > FAIL tests/stat/stat-birthtime.sh (exit status: 1) > > > > FAIL: tests/tail/pipe-f2 > > ======================== > > > > --- exp 2026-09-24 13:59:23.409667156 +0000 > > +++ out 2026-09-24 13:59:23.409820394 +0000 > > @@ -1 +0,0 @@ > > -1 > > kill: pid 7773: No such process > > FAIL tests/tail/pipe-f2.sh (exit status: 1) > > > > I'll attach the full test log. > > It has been a while since I looked at pipe-f2.sh, but I remember coming > to the conclusion that it was a NetBSD bug [1]. I never managed to > create a simple reproduction to report, and feel a bit bad just sending > over a long test case and asking them to fix it for me. > > I'll look at the others in a bit.
Does the patch from Pádraig Brady fixing the test failure change anything in your opinion on the bug, or help with details? Thanks, Thomas
