On 2018-06-28 23:04:59, Chris Lamb wrote: > Hey Antoine, > >> I am not sure why the test suite fails nor why the output varies from >> one build to the next. Once a package is built, however, it passes the >> test suite reliably. > > That may be, but as we only (*) really care about the package building > reliably, *subsequent* runs of the testsuite passing or failing is > somewhat of a distraction AUIU? > > (*) Not really, but you know what I mean..
Sure. I guess I see this from the perspective of "does the actual fix work or not" as well. ;) My primary concern is to not introduce new regressions in the code or security issues. I believe the order reversal is not a user-visible regression... >> > My gut tells me that this is non-deterministic filesystem ordering.. > > Are you using btrfs? Nope. > That is, "more random" (hah) than ext[234]. You could also confirm > with > > https://sources.debian.org/src/disorderfs/0.5.3-2/disorderfs.1.txt/#L86-L114 I'll try that next week I guess. A. -- What this country needs is more unemployed politicians. - Angela Davis
