bug#41090: [core-updates] fakeroot fails its test suite (breaks spacefm)

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hello,

Testing the core-updates branch, I got this failure from fakeroot:

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make  check-TESTS
make[2]: Entering directory 
'/tmp/guix-build-fakeroot-1.24.drv-0/fakeroot-1.24/test'
make[3]: Entering directory 
'/tmp/guix-build-fakeroot-1.24.drv-0/fakeroot-1.24/test'
PASS: t.falsereturn
PASS: t.truereturn
PASS: t.option
PASS: t.echoarg
FAIL: t.mknod
PASS: t.touchinstall
FAIL: t.chmod_dev
PASS: t.no_ld_preload
PASS: t.no_ld_preload_link
FAIL: t.xattr
PASS: t.cp-a
PASS: t.tar
========================================
   fakeroot 1.24: test/test-suite.log
========================================

# TOTAL: 12
# PASS:  9
# SKIP:  0
# XFAIL: 0
# FAIL:  3
# XPASS: 0
# ERROR: 0

.. contents:: :depth: 2

FAIL: t.chmod_dev
=================

-rw-r--r-- 1 nixbld nixbld 0 May  5 00:04 t.chmod_dev.dir/hda3
FAIL t.chmod_dev (exit status: 1)

FAIL: t.mknod
=============

-rw-r--r-- 1 nixbld nixbld 0 May  5 00:04 t.mknod.dir/hda3
FAIL t.mknod (exit status: 1)

FAIL: t.xattr
=============

unable to set CAP_SETFCAP effective capability: Operation not permitted
FAIL t.xattr (exit status: 1)

============================================================================
Testsuite summary for fakeroot 1.24
============================================================================
# TOTAL: 12
# PASS:  9
# SKIP:  0
# XFAIL: 0
# FAIL:  3
# XPASS: 0
# ERROR: 0
============================================================================
See test/test-suite.log
Please report to address@hidden
============================================================================
make[3]: *** [Makefile:549: test-suite.log] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory 
'/tmp/guix-build-fakeroot-1.24.drv-0/fakeroot-1.24/test'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:657: check-TESTS] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory 
'/tmp/guix-build-fakeroot-1.24.drv-0/fakeroot-1.24/test'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:808: check-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory 
'/tmp/guix-build-fakeroot-1.24.drv-0/fakeroot-1.24/test'
make: *** [Makefile:688: check-recursive] Error 1

Test suite failed, dumping logs.

--- ./test/test-suite.log ---------------------------------------------------

========================================
   fakeroot 1.24: test/test-suite.log
========================================

# TOTAL: 12
# PASS:  9
# SKIP:  0
# XFAIL: 0
# FAIL:  3
# XPASS: 0
# ERROR: 0

.. contents:: :depth: 2

FAIL: t.chmod_dev
=================

-rw-r--r-- 1 nixbld nixbld 0 May  5 00:04 t.chmod_dev.dir/hda3
FAIL t.chmod_dev (exit status: 1)

FAIL: t.mknod
=============

-rw-r--r-- 1 nixbld nixbld 0 May  5 00:04 t.mknod.dir/hda3
FAIL t.mknod (exit status: 1)

FAIL: t.xattr
=============

unable to set CAP_SETFCAP effective capability: Operation not permitted
FAIL t.xattr (exit status: 1)


command "make" "check" "-j" "24" failed with status 2
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Perhaps caused by running the tests in parallel.

Maxim