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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