Bug#727665: lintian: FTBFS: Test failures

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

On 2013-10-25 19:09, Niels Thykier wrote:
> Control: tags -1 confirmed
> 
> On 2013-10-25 08:11, Daniel Schepler wrote:
>> Source: lintian
>> Version: 2.5.19
>> Severity: serious
>>
>> >From my pbuilder build log:
>>
>> [...]
>>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I can confirm this failure on (a slightly updated) git master branch;
> downgrading tar to the version in testing makes the problems go away.
> Odds are recent changes in tar to blame for this; question is now
> whether it is a regression in tar or Lintian relying on non-interface bits.
> 
> ~Niels
> 
> 

Okay, first two of 3 problems solved (thanks to Jakub Wilk).  See
attached patch for a sample work around / solution.

Ref: http://sources.debian.net/src/tar/1.27-1/ChangeLog?hl=265#L261

~Niels


From dad5e05115ec05822d300a7e05bd07bebea11dd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Niels Thykier

Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 21:58:08 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] t: Use -d@-1 to create ancient files in tarballs Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier --- t/debs/deb-format-ancient-file/Makefile | 2 +- t/debs/deb-format-ancient-file/tags | 2 +- t/source/cruft-ancient-file/Makefile | 2 +- t/source/cruft-ancient-file/tags | 2 +- 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/debs/deb-format-ancient-file/Makefile b/t/debs/deb-format-ancient-file/Makefile index a2ea7fc..d6cdf10 100644 --- a/t/debs/deb-format-ancient-file/Makefile +++ b/t/debs/deb-format-ancient-file/Makefile @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ all: chown 0:0 control chmod 644 control - env TZ=GMT touch -t 197001010000 control + env TZ=GMT touch -d@-1 control # Use --no-fix-perm to avoid it messing with the # our created "mod-times" diff --git a/t/debs/deb-format-ancient-file/tags b/t/debs/deb-format-ancient-file/tags index 83de2df..c00701c 100644 --- a/t/debs/deb-format-ancient-file/tags +++ b/t/debs/deb-format-ancient-file/tags @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ E: deb-format-ancient-file: package-contains-ancient-file usr/share/doc/deb-format-ancient-file/changelog.gz 1970-01-01 -E: deb-format-ancient-file: tar-errors-from-control control: implausibly old time stamp 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +E: deb-format-ancient-file: tar-errors-from-control control: implausibly old time stamp 1969-12-31 23:59:59 diff --git a/t/source/cruft-ancient-file/Makefile b/t/source/cruft-ancient-file/Makefile index f11f631..284c123 100644 --- a/t/source/cruft-ancient-file/Makefile +++ b/t/source/cruft-ancient-file/Makefile @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dir = $(name)-1.0 all: mkdir $(dir) echo 'Some upstream README' > $(dir)/README - env TZ=GMT touch -t 197001010000 $(dir)/README + env TZ=GMT touch -d@-1 $(dir)/README tar -c -f $(name)_1.0.orig.tar.gz -z $(dir) mkdir $(dir)/debian cp changelog copyright control rules $(dir)/debian/ diff --git a/t/source/cruft-ancient-file/tags b/t/source/cruft-ancient-file/tags index e5945ba..18765f6 100644 --- a/t/source/cruft-ancient-file/tags +++ b/t/source/cruft-ancient-file/tags @@ -1 +1 @@ -I: cruft-ancient-file source: tar-errors-from-source cruft-ancient-file-1.0/README: implausibly old time stamp 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +I: cruft-ancient-file source: tar-errors-from-source cruft-ancient-file-1.0/README: implausibly old time stamp 1969-12-31 23:59:59 -- 1.8.4.rc3