Re: [PATCH 2/5] lib-gpg: allow tests with the GPGSM prereq first

From: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 9, 2025, 12:29 UTC
Message-ID: <CAP8UFD1RKL0PgkghQstNA=o2TzgATXWcqzfEwEs-KadyLKSK-g@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <aOcfzgxOwGemReNm@teonanacatl.net>

On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 4:37 AM Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> wrote:

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> I sent a series long ago to fix this issueš, but it wasn't
> picked up.
>
> Fixing the issue exposes broken tests which use the gpg2
> prereq.  That breakage turns up in our CI and other build
> environments, like Fedora's, but I was never able to
> reliably trigger it locally and track down what was broken
> about those test.
>
> I believe I asked about it again a few months later and it
> did not gain any attention.
>
> I simply apply the patches locally and then disable those
> tests -- tests which don't run reliably are not worth
> running IMO. :)
>
> š <20240703153738.916469-1-tmz@pobox.com>

Thanks for mentioning it and sorry that your series didn't get more attention.

I have just sent a v2 of my series with a patch based on your first patch. About the GPG2 prereq I added a NEEDSWORK comment but didn't change the actual code to not trigger the test failures.