[GNC-dev] Test failure

Sun Jan 27 02:04:44 EST 2019

On 1/26/19 10:54 PM, Christopher Lam wrote:
> 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

Thought I'd start this while headed toward some z's.  Too tired to
figure out what happened.

 git clone
https://github.com/christopherlam/gnucash/tree/maint-chartjs-budget-barchart
Cloning into 'maint-chartjs-budget-barchart'...
fatal: repository
'https://github.com/christopherlam/gnucash/tree/maint-chartjs-budget-barchart/'
not found

--Steve

>
>
> 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.
>

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