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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-06-16 00:27:27 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-06-16 00:27:27 +0200
commitd3b4c1358c620135c577eca81c05e09bc1f4bc4a (patch)
tree5efd76adbaeed1fea8042d6d53b43e71b49b9e51 /gnu/packages/base.scm
parent25cc3fe7032274f9cb6a6f584cd7190be33a40e1 (diff)
downloadguix-d3b4c1358c620135c577eca81c05e09bc1f4bc4a.tar.gz
gnu: tar: Skip tests that rely on undefined unlinkat(2) behavior.
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/20597>.
Reported by Andrew Patterson <ajpatter@uwaterloo.ca>.

* gnu/packages/patches/tar-skip-unreliable-tests.patch: New file.
* gnu/packages/base.scm (tar)[source](patches): Add it.
* gnu-system.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/packages/base.scm')
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/base.scm4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index fa7c9e884a..31331a1080 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -138,7 +138,9 @@ implementation offers several extensions over the standard utility.")
             (sha256
              (base32
               "1wi2zwm4c9r3h3b8y4w0nm0qq897kn8kyj9k22ba0iqvxj48vvk4"))
-            (patches (list (search-patch "tar-d_ino_in_dirent-fix.patch")))))
+            (patches (map search-patch
+                          '("tar-d_ino_in_dirent-fix.patch"
+                            "tar-skip-unreliable-tests.patch")))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (synopsis "Managing tar archives")
    (description