2013-06-18 22:39, Samuel Thibault skrev: > Paul Dreik, le Tue 18 Jun 2013 22:34:26 +0200, a écrit : >> 2013-06-18 22:14, Samuel Thibault skrev: >>> Paul Dreik, le Tue 18 Jun 2013 21:45:49 +0200, a écrit : >>>> To save space I use dd to create a sparse file. Is that not supported >>>> on hurd, or what? >>> >>> It is supported, but large file support is still sketchy for now. >>> >> Ok, I guess it is the >2GiB size that is problematic and not the >> sparseness. > > Yes. > >> I assume that problem is unlikely to change in the near >> future, > > Yes. > >> so what about modifying the unit test to test if it runs on hurd >> and just exit with success in that case? > > Or a special non-failing "skipped" value. > > Samuel > Hi, I just released 1.3.4 which has a generic workaround in the unit test script which makes the test pass also on Hurd, without having to disable it. I tested it with kvm as adviced on http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian-cd/hurd-i386/current/YES_REALLY_README.txt and it worked as expected. We will se what the build daemons say :-)
Is there of any help to file a bug on dd? paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
