FTR, this happened also on ubuntu autopkgtest, where the tests fail on
armhf, arm64, ppc64el, s390x whilst it passes on x86.
http://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/packages/diffoscope
I planned on debugging that next week (as I need to do it anyway to get it
land on ubuntu)
On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 11:57 AM
Hi Zbigniew,
> I'm trying to update diffoscope to version 91 in Fedora rawhide
Thanks for the report!
> It seem pretty clear that .decode() is called on a str object, which
> cannot work.
.. which is odd as this code as been around for ages:
https://anonscm.debian.org/git/reproducible/diff
Package: diffoscope
Version: 91
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
I'm trying to update diffoscope to version 91 in Fedora rawhide, and
the tests failing for reasons I haven't diagnosed yet (it builds fine
locally, but fails on an s390x builder). When the tests are failing, a
try..except clause is