Bug#713035: FTBFS on amd64/ia64 testsuite fails

[Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>]

clone 713035 -1
reassign -1 eatmydata 
retitle -1 eatmydata does not simulate fsync, msync and fdatasync as cancellation points
clone 713035 -2
reassign -2 buildd.debian.org
retitle -2 buildds should not use eatmydata until it correctly simulates cancellation points
retitle 713035 eglibc: FTBFS when built with eatmydata
severity 713035 normal
thanks

On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 12:55:56AM +0200, Gianluigi Tiesi wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.17-5
> Severity: important
> 
> libc6 2.17-6 FTBFS on amd64 and ia64 architectures due to
> some testsuite checks
> 
> look at https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=eglibc&suite=sid
> 

The problem is that the amd64 and ia64 build daemons which tried to
build this version of eglibc are all using eatmydata. eatmydata do not
correctly simulate fsync, msync and fdatasync as cancellation points. It
should be possible fixing that by calling pthread_testcancel() from
eatmydata, though I haven't tried that yet.

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