Re: GNU Guile 2.1.5 released (beta)

[dsmich]

---- Matt Wette <address@hidden> wrote: 
> 
> > On Dec 12, 2016, at 5:45 AM, Matt Wette <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >> On Dec 11, 2016, at 7:17 AM, Matt Wette <address@hidden 
> >> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
> >> 
> >> 
> >>> On Dec 9, 2016, at 7:28 AM, Matt Wette <address@hidden 
> >>> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>>> On Dec 7, 2016, at 11:55 AM, Andy Wingo <address@hidden 
> >>>> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>> We are pleased to announce GNU Guile release 2.1.5.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Guile 2.1.5 is the fifth pre-release in what will eventually become the
> >>>> 2.2 release series.  We encourage you to test this release and provide
> >>>> feedback to address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>.
> >>> 
> >>> I am building on my Mac running macOS 10.12.1, aka Sierra.  I will post 
> >>> my patches when I get through “make check”.  
> >> 
> >> Now getting through make check, but this, from threads.test, fails:
> >> 
> >> FAIL: threads.test: mutex-ownership: mutex with owner not retained (bug 
> >> #27450)
> >> 
> >>         (pass-if "mutex with owner not retained (bug #27450)"
> >>           (let ((g (make-guardian)))
> >>             (g (let ((m (make-mutex))) (lock-mutex m) m))
> >> 
> >>             ;; Avoid false references to M on the stack.
> >>             (clear-stale-stack-references)
> >> 
> >>             (gc) (gc)
> >>             (let ((m (g)))
> >>               (and (mutex? m)
> >>                    (eq? (mutex-owner m) (current-thread)))))))
> >> 
> >> debbugs.gnu.org <http://debbugs.gnu.org/> says 27450 does not exist.  My 
> >> guess is the mutex m should be preserved by clear-stale-stack-references + 
> >> gc but it is not.
> >> 
> >> Matt
> >> 
> > 
> > Can someone confirm that this gets a PASS on other platforms, please?
> > 
> > FAIL: threads.test: mutex-ownership: mutex with owner not retained (bug 
> > #27450)
> > 
> 
> I have conformed guile-2.1.5 gets through “make check” w/o any FAILs, 
> including threads.test, on CentOS 7.3.1611, x86_64.


Also make check passes all tests on a Debian Jessie system.  x86_64

-Dale