On Mi, 2011-01-19 at 01:50 +0100, Pino Toscano wrote: > Hi, > > Alle martedì 18 gennaio 2011, Svante Signell ha scritto: > > I managed to compile 0.7.100.1 from source with the exception of two > > failed tests, see below. Removing these tests (as a workaround) made > > the package to be created. Installing that package made > > apt-listchanges functional (as far as I can see). Looks like there > > is a problem with file/directory locking, is it lacking somehow in > > the Hurd? > > Yes, the file locking implementation is quit suboptimal (known issue, it > affects other software as well), and in this current case it cannot cope > with a new lock set over an existing one (which is allowed and should > succeed). So, is there a way to get it work? I don't see how the file is already locked.
> Samuel Thibault (hurd-i386 buildd maintainer) tried to build python-apt > with 'nocheck' in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS, but it does not honors this option; > if implemented, Samuel could build it disabling the test suite. > Could you please fix it? After Squeeze. But I'd like to fix the problem without disabling tests on hurd. In the meantime, try rebuilding with Debug::NoLocking set to true in apt.conf. -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org