On Wed, 27 May 2026 at 07:48, Aditya G.S <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for your feedback.
>
> Originally, this patch was created on the Yocto side to handle intermittent 
> failures in randtest.sh by skipping the test. However, when I submitted it 
> via Bugzilla, I was advised to also engage with the gawk upstream maintainers 
> since the root cause lies within the gawk test itself.
>
> Based on upstream feedback, instead of masking the issue in Yocto (by 
> skipping the test), I reworked the approach and created a patch for gawk's 
> randtest.sh to address the underlying problem (unstable sigma leading to 
> false failures). The idea is that if this fix is accepted upstream, it would 
> resolve the issue globally, including for Yocto, without needing a workaround.
>
> Following that, Bugzilla suggested sharing the updated gawk-side solution 
> here as well for visibility and review.
>
> If the upstream fix is not accepted or takes time to land, I can provide the 
> original Yocto-specific patch (which skips the test) as a fallback solution.
>
> Please let me know how you would prefer to proceed.

I'd like to see the upstream submission and upstream reaction (if any)
first, can you please provide a link to that?

Alex
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