[GNC-dev] Test failure

Sun Jan 27 01:54:10 EST 2019

Stephen please spend some CPU burning time on my chartJS branch which 
needs beta testing?

$git clone 
https://github.com/christopherlam/gnucash/tree/maint-chartjs-budget-barchart

On 27/1/19 2:52 pm, Stephen M. Butler wrote:
> On 1/26/19 10:29 PM, John Ralls wrote:
>> Stephen,
>>
>> By all means learn about git bisect, it's an extremely useful troubleshooting tool. But don't exercise yourself too much about this particular failure, Chris and I know exactly what commit caused it and that the underlying cause is a bug in ICU (International Components for Unicode, http://site.icu-project.org/) versions 57-62.
> I figured the devs were way ahead of me.  And I'm burning the CPU this
> evening finding that I can't compile 3.4-21 thru (I'm guessing) 3.4-38.
> I'm up to 3.4-29 at this point and already know that -37 and -38 don't
> compile on my box.  But -39, -40, and -43 do.  Don't know about -41 and
> -42 (and probably won't check them).
>
> Busy day tomorrow so I doubt the cpu will even get warmed up!  It's
> pushing 11 pm so I'll call it quits on this exercise.
>
> Thanks for the details.
>
> --Steve
>
>> I had thought that the problem was confined to 1969, but tonight got https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797067 which makes me think that it's every year, so more testing needed.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>>
>>
>>> On Jan 26, 2019, at 5:55 PM, Stephen M. Butler <kg7je at arrl.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 1/26/19 3:13 AM, Christopher Lam wrote:
>>>> Another experiment. Try prefix your build with "TZ=UTC " on current
>>>> maint.
>>>>
>>>> Eg if using ninja, it'll be "TZ=UTC ninja check"
>>> TZ=UTC dpkg- -rfakeroot -b -uc
>>>
>>> ....
>>>
>>> End testing: Jan 27 01:47 UTC
>>> + exit 2
>>> debian/rules:65: recipe for target 'override_dh_auto_test' failed
>>> make[1]: *** [override_dh_auto_test] Error 2
>>> make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/steve/Projects/GnuCash/gnucash'
>>> debian/rules:24: recipe for target 'build' failed
>>> make: *** [build] Error 2
>>> dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build subprocess returned exit
>>> status 2
>>>
>>> Same error -- Test 109 that fails.
>>>
>>>
>>> This is with the patches for 3.4.  I verified before Sabbath that 3.4
>>> builds and passes the tests.  Tried your test first thing this evening
>>> after git checkout maint and git pull.  I am at 3.4-43-g84d1c3645 which
>>> builds but doesn't pass the tests.  So, I could build turning off the
>>> test step.
>>>
>>> However, Friday I was learning more about git bisect to see if I could
>>> figure out which patch caused the tests to start failing.  However, a
>>> couple of items got in the way:  1--time;  2--some commits don't build.
>>> That messed me up a bit.  So, I may start over again with the bisect
>>> (just for my own edification) and see what happens.  Maybe this time
>>> I'll do a git describe each time and take notes so I'll be a little more
>>> cognizant of what I'm learning.  <<did that make sense>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --Steve (in the dark)
>>>
>>>> On Fri., 25 Jan. 2019, 11:52 Stephen M. Butler <kg7je at arrl.net
>>>> <mailto:kg7je at arrl.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     On 1/24/19 7:36 PM, Christopher Lam wrote:
>>>>> Revert is a git terminology, not a gnucash one. Welcome to version
>>>>> control.
>>>>     That's the manual to which I referred.  It meant something else to my
>>>>     mind when I first saw your post.  But, after further thought, my
>>>>     previous thought was faulty.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     My first boss after college would draw a picture to describe the
>>>>     difference between a bug and a feature.
>>>>
>>>>     I can't draw so a word will have to do (at less than a thousand
>>>>     words)!
>>>>
>>>>     BUG:  draw stick figure.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     FEATURE:  Add pants, tie, gloves, shoes and a top hat.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     MORAL:  A feature is a bug all dressed up and ready to go out.
>>>>
>>>>> Please remember this revert is reverting a buggy code with a
>>>>     previous
>>>>> buggy code, so, cannot be consisted safe to package; best wait until
>>>>> the clever devs can find a proper fix for gnc-date.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri., 25 Jan. 2019, 05:46 Stephen M. Butler <kg7je at arrl.net
>>>>     <mailto:kg7je at arrl.net>
>>>>> <mailto:kg7je at arrl.net <mailto:kg7je at arrl.net>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>       OH!  Light bulb on!
>>>>>       OK.  I understand what you said earlier.  I'll put the patches
>>>>>       back into
>>>>>       the packaging.
>>>>>
>>>>>       Thanks for clearing that up.
>>>>>
>>>>>       --Steve
>>>>>
>>>>>       PS Looking in manual for 'revert' command.
>>>>>
>>>>     --
>>>>     Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM
>>>>     Stephen.M.Butler51 at gmail.com <mailto:Stephen.M.Butler51 at gmail.com>
>>>>     kg7je at arrl.net <mailto:kg7je at arrl.net>
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