Bug#474407: [Monotone-debian] Bug#474407: monotone - FTBFS: 1 of 3 tests malfunctioned

[Zack Weinberg]

On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Bastian Blank <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 11:30:36AM -0400, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>> Unfortunately, this is a "can't happen" condition, and there's not
>> enough information for me to have any idea what's gone wrong, nor is
>> there enough information in the full build log.
>
> What do you mean with "can't happen" condition?

"Malfunctioned" indicates that the test harness itself crashed.  It
was written very defensively, so I wasn't expecting ever to see that
happen.

> Why are the tests not loud enough to detect the real problem?

Since this wasn't expected to happen, I didn't bother putting in
verbose logging for that case.

> Sure, there is a developer machine[1] available.

I don't have access to developer machines.  Would you mind doing it?

zw