gnu: glib: Disable failing test.

* gnu/packages/glib.scm (glib)[source]: Add patch.
[arguments]: Remove custom 'increase-test-timeout phase.
* gnu/packages/patches/glib-skip-failing-test.patch: New file.
* gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Register it.

3 files changed, 31 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index ae3beb6572..a8dd66f34a 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1083,6 +1083,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/ghostscript-no-header-creationdate.patch \
   %D%/packages/patches/gimp-make-gegl-introspect-optional.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/glib-appinfo-watch.patch			\
+  %D%/packages/patches/glib-skip-failing-test.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2018-11236.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2018-11237.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2019-7309.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/glib.scm b/gnu/packages/glib.scm
index b288528c8a..7e49fca263 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/glib.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/glib.scm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2013, 2015 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2013 Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
-;;; Copyright © 2016, 2020 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
+;;; Copyright © 2016, 2020, 2021 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Lukas Gradl <lgradl@openmailbox.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018, 2019 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Petter <petter@mykolab.ch>
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ shared NFS home directories.")
        (sha256
         (base32 "1sh3h6b734cxhdd1qlzvhxq6rc7k73dsisap5y3s419s9xc4ywv7"))
        (patches
-        (search-patches "glib-appinfo-watch.patch"))
+        (search-patches "glib-appinfo-watch.patch"
+                        "glib-skip-failing-test.patch"))
        (modules '((guix build utils)))
        (snippet
         '(begin
@@ -203,17 +204,6 @@ shared NFS home directories.")
        #:configure-flags '("-Dman=true")
        #:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         ;; TODO: Remove the conditional in the next core-updates cycle.
-         ;; Needed to build glib on slower ARM nodes.
-         ,@(if (string-prefix? "arm" (%current-system))
-               `((add-after 'unpack 'increase-test-timeout
-                   (lambda _
-                     (substitute* "meson.build"
-                       (("test_timeout = 60")
-                        "test_timeout = 90")
-                       (("test_timeout_slow = 120")
-                        "test_timeout_slow = 180")))))
-               '())
          (add-after 'unpack 'disable-failing-tests
            (lambda _
              (with-directory-excursion "glib/tests"
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/glib-skip-failing-test.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/glib-skip-failing-test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7706aaa74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/glib-skip-failing-test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+This test timed out on powerpc-linux even after extending the
+test_timeout_slow to 1800 seconds. Previously we tried to work around
+this test by extending test_timeout_slow by 1.5 its previous value.
+
+---
+ gio/tests/meson.build | 4 ----
+ 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/gio/tests/meson.build b/gio/tests/meson.build
+index a926ae0..4fdbe7a 100644
+--- a/gio/tests/meson.build
++++ b/gio/tests/meson.build
+@@ -317,10 +317,6 @@ if host_machine.system() != 'windows'
+         'extra_sources' : [extra_sources, gdbus_test_codegen_generated, gdbus_test_codegen_generated_interface_info],
+         'c_args' : ['-DGLIB_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED=GLIB_VERSION_2_32'],
+       },
+-      'gdbus-threading' : {
+-        'extra_sources' : extra_sources,
+-        'suite' : ['slow'],
+-      },
+       'gmenumodel' : {
+         'extra_sources' : extra_sources,
+         'suite' : ['slow'],
+
+-- 
+2.31.1
+