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-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/base.scm10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 88eaee767f..1be63c37b2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -191,7 +191,15 @@ implementation offers several extensions over the standard utility.")
;; "a/y: Not linked to a/z" and fails, presumably due to differences in
;; the order in which 'diff' traverses directories. That leads to a
;; test failure even though conceptually the test passes. Skip it.
- #:make-flags '("TESTSUITEFLAGS=-k '!link mismatch'")))
+ ;; Test 117 and 118 are prone to race conditions too, particularly
+ ;; when cross-compiling, so we skip those as well. All issues have
+ ;; been fixed upstream in these commits:
+ ;; <https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=847a36f>
+ ;; <https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=64b43fd>
+ #:make-flags (list (string-append
+ "TESTSUITEFLAGS= -k '!link mismatch,"
+ "!directory removed before reading,"
+ "!explicitly named directory removed before reading'"))))
;; When cross-compiling, the 'set-shell-file-name' phase needs to be able
;; to refer to the target Bash.