Re: the test suite fails -- because of ncurses-5.6

2007-05-17 Thread Jim Meyering
Benno Schulenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> Then perhaps it's readline? >> Do you still get it if you invoke parted like this? >> >> # env TERM=dumb parted /dev/hda quit | od -a > > # env TERM=dumb parted /dev/hda quit | od -a > 000 > ... > It's ncurses. Downgrad

Re: the test suite fails -- because of ncurses-5.6

2007-05-17 Thread Benno Schulenberg
Jim Meyering wrote: > Then perhaps it's readline? > Do you still get it if you invoke parted like this? > > # env TERM=dumb parted /dev/hda quit | od -a # env TERM=dumb parted /dev/hda quit | od -a 000 > or this: > > # env -u TERM parted /dev/hda quit | od -a # env -u TERM parted /d

Re: the test suite fails

2007-05-16 Thread Jim Meyering
Benno Schulenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> Benno Schulenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > # dd if=/dev/zero of=FILE bs=1M count=1 2>/dev/null >> > # parted -s FILE mklabel msdos >out 2>&1 >> > # xxd out >> > 000: 1b5b 3f31 3033 3468 .[?1034h >>

Re: the test suite fails

2007-05-16 Thread Benno Schulenberg
Jim Meyering wrote: > Benno Schulenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > # dd if=/dev/zero of=FILE bs=1M count=1 2>/dev/null > > # parted -s FILE mklabel msdos >out 2>&1 > > # xxd out > > 000: 1b5b 3f31 3033 3468 .[?1034h > > That's probably coming from one of your startup do

Re: the test suite fails

2007-05-16 Thread Jim Meyering
Benno Schulenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> Benno Schulenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > * expecting success: $compare out /dev/null >> > --- out 2007-05-16 14:47:00.0 + >> > +++ /dev/null 2005-05-14 16:37:31.0 + >> > @@ -1 +0,0 @@ >> > - >>

Re: the test suite fails

2007-05-16 Thread Benno Schulenberg
Jim Meyering wrote: > Benno Schulenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * expecting success: $compare out /dev/null > > --- out 2007-05-16 14:47:00.0 + > > +++ /dev/null 2005-05-14 16:37:31.0 + > > @@ -1 +0,0 @@ > > - > > \ No newline at end of file > > * FAIL 3: expect no

Re: the test suite fails

2007-05-16 Thread Jim Meyering
Benno Schulenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> Benno Schulenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Trying to install parted-.1.8.7 from an overlay produces this: >> >> Thanks for the report. >> What is an "overlay"? > > Something Gentoo-specific. Thanks, but that doesn't help

Re: the test suite fails

2007-05-16 Thread Benno Schulenberg
Jim Meyering wrote: > Benno Schulenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Trying to install parted-.1.8.7 from an overlay produces this: > > Thanks for the report. > What is an "overlay"? Something Gentoo-specific. > Also, when a test fails, please rerun it like e.g., > > cd tests && ./t1000-basic

Re: the test suite fails

2007-05-16 Thread Jim Meyering
Benno Schulenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Trying to install parted-.1.8.7 from an overlay produces this: Thanks for the report. What is an "overlay"? Please give enough information so that someone here can try to reproduce your problem. Also, when a test fails, please rerun it like e.g.,

the test suite fails

2007-05-16 Thread Benno Schulenberg
Trying to install parted-.1.8.7 from an overlay produces this: [...] Making check in tests make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/parted-1.8.7/work/parted-1.8.7/tests' make check-TESTS make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/parted-1.8.7/work/parted-1.8.7/tests'