Re: testsuite problems

From: René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
Date: Sep 17, 2007, 21:50 UTC
Message-ID: <46EEF6A8.1030308@lsrfire.ath.cx>
In-Reply-To: <20070917211742.GF19019@genesis.frugalware.org>

Miklos Vajna schrieb:

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> *   ok 18: git archive --format=zip
> *   ok 19: extract ZIP archive
> *   ok 20: validate filenames
> * FAIL 21: validate file contents
>         diff -r a d/a
> *   ok 22: git archive --format=zip with prefix
> *   ok 23: extract ZIP archive with prefix
> *   ok 24: validate filenames with prefix
> * FAIL 25: validate file contents with prefix
>         diff -r a e/prefix/a
> *   ok 26: git archive --list outside of a git repo
> * failed 2 among 26 test(s)
> make[1]: *** [t5000-tar-tree.sh] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/vmiklos/git/git/t'
> make: *** [test] Error 2
> 
> $ tar --version
> tar (GNU tar) 1.18
> 
> $ diff --version
> diff (GNU diffutils) 2.8.1
> 
> maybe these versions are too new or old? if i missed any needed info,
> please let me know.

The failing tests check ZIP file creation, not tar file creation. Perhaps your unzip command works a bit differently from Info-ZIP's?

Also, what is the difference between t/trash/a and t/trash/d/a after running the test script (that's what test 21 is comparing)?

René