Randy McMurchy wrote: > Hi all, > > Currently, the book has CUPS-1.2.7. 1.2.10 is the current version. > > However, the current version fails the test suite miserably. It is > a known bug, and fixed in SVN. I made a very small patch that updates > the 1.2.10 'test' directory to SVN, and all but 1 test passes (there > are 9 that fail before the patch). > > Note that you must run the dbus-uuidgen program first, or you will > get additional failures. > > I cannot figure out which other file(s) needs changing to get all the > tests to fail, so I created a patch that bumps the current version > (1.2.10) to current SVN. It builds, and tests just fine. Here are > the files changed using the bigger patch:
> Our choices are this: > > 1. Simply leave 1.2.7 in the book until 1.2.11 comes out. > 2. Use the small patch (4006 bytes) and note in the book that one > test will fail. > 3. Use the larger patch (706998 bytes) and call it 'upstream_fixes' > or something. > 4. Do something else (Fedora CVS doesn't really help, and I didn't > check any other distro, including Paldo). > > > Which way should we go? I understand that the tests fail due to test suite problems, but does the program itself fail in normal use? It sounds like #2 would be a temporary workaround until 1.2.11 comes out (#1). Perhaps that is the best way to go. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
