Re: [rsnapshot-discuss] make test fails?

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As a matter of interest, would you like to try:
$ cd /usr/local/src/rsnapshot-1.3.1	(or whereever it is)
$ cd `/bin/pwd`				(this should unroll symlinks in $PWD)
$ ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc		(recreate test files & configs)
$ make test

On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 09:16:58AM +0200, Bj?rn T Johansen wrote:
> Hmmm... Running the test again from /tmp makes all the tests successful... :-|
> But running the same test from /usr/local/src breaks two tests... (/usr/local is a symlink...)
> 
> 
> BTJ
> 
> On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 10:34:04 +1000
> David Keegel <dj...@ke...> wrote:
> 
> > I don't think there is a general problem with RH 5.2 and rsnapshot.
> > 
> > I verified that the tests succeed on a RHEL 5.3 machine (which has
> > never had rsnapshot before) by downloading rsnapshot-1.3.1.tar.gz
> > today and doing configure and make test.  If Bjorn's problem 
> > persists, I can post more details of what I did.
> > 
> > Bjorn, could you try unpacking the sources again in a new directory
> > and run the tests again?
> > 
> > $ cd /tmp
> > $ tar xzf .../rsnapshot-1.3.1.tar.gz
> > $ cd rsnapshot-1.3.1
> > $ ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc
> > $ make test
> > 
> > It might make a difference what directory you run the tests from.
> > For example if you cd'ed to a symlink, or you renamed the directory
> > between doing the configure and the make test, that kind of thing
> > might confuse the test.
> > 
> > On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 09:14:45PM +0200, Bj?rn T Johansen wrote:
> > > Never got any more response to this... Can I trust rsnapshot on RH 5.2?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > BTJ
> > > 
> > > On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:19:46 +0200
> > > Bj?rn T Johansen <bt...@ha...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:20:54 +1000
> > > > David Keegel <dj...@ke...> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:14:24PM +0200, Bj?rn T Johansen wrote:
> > > > > > I am installing rsnapshot on an Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 and when I run make test, it gives this result:
> > > > > 
> > > > > Which version of rsnapshot is it?  Did it come from tar, rpm or CVS?
> > > > 
> > > > The latest src version, rsnapshot-1.3.1.tar.gz
> > > > 
> > > > >  
> > > > > > /usr/bin/perl -MTest::Harness -e 'runtests(glob "t/*.t")';
> > > > > > t/configtest................ok                                               
> > > > > > t/gnu_cp....................ok                                               
> > > > > > t/relative_delete_bugfix....
> > > > > > t/relative_delete_bugfix....ok 1/2#     Failed test (t/relative_delete_bugfix.t at line 27)
> > > > > > t/relative_delete_bugfix....NOK 2# Looks like you failed 1 test of 2.        
> > > > > > t/relative_delete_bugfix....dubious                                          
> > > > > > 	Test returned status 1 (wstat 256, 0x100)
> > > > > > DIED. FAILED test 2
> > > > > > 	Failed 1/2 tests, 50.00% okay
> > > > > > t/rsync.....................ok                                               
> > > > > > Failed Test                Stat Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of Failed
> > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > t/relative_delete_bugfix.t    1   256     2    1  50.00%  2
> > > > > > Failed 1/4 test scripts, 75.00% okay. 1/5 subtests failed, 80.00% okay.
> > > > > > make: *** [test] Error 255
> > > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > relative_delete_bugfix is a test where two files are created, rsnapshot
> > > > > is run, then the first file is deleted and rsnapshot run again.  The result
> > > > > should be first file missing and second file is present.
> > > > > 
> > > > > If I am reading this right, your test is saying the first file is missing
> > > > > (which is good) but the second file is also missing (bad).
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Should I worry or will rsnapshot work as it should?
> > > > > 
> > > > > I think it needs further investigation.
> > > > > 
> > > > > My main system at home runs Centos 5, and on it all rsnapshot tests pass.
> > > > > (Although what I tried now was from CVS, so it is later than 1.3.1.)
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Yes, I have installed the same file on other distros and there the make test is successful...
> > > > 
> > > > BTJ
> > > > 
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