e2fsprogs-1.41.8 test failures

[Bruce Dubbs]

Chris R. Jones wrote:

> I'm trying to use the latest book (LFS-BOOK-SVN-20090718.pdf).
> I get to chapter 6.20 without any problems, and then when doing "make check"
> on e2fsprogs-1.41.8, I see 4 test failures.  I'm building on x86_64.
> 
> The tests appear to be getting segmentation faults.

Why did you feel compelled to dump an entire log instead of just the relevant part?

> Is this a known problem?  Any workaround? 

On my test build (i686):

102 tests succeeded     0 tests failed

I'd start by looking at the script lines specified to see where the segfault 
occurred.

   -- Bruce

> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

> make[1]: Entering directory `/build/e2fsprogs-1.41.8/build/tests'
> Running e2fsprogs test suite...
> 
> d_loaddump: debugfs load/dump test: ../../tests/d_loaddump/script: 
 > line 22: 12659 Segmentation fault

> $DEBUGFS -R "write $TEST_DATA test_data" -w $TMPFILE >> $OUT.new 2>&1
> ../../tests/d_loaddump/script: line 34: 12663 Segmentation fault

> f_dup4: find all directory pathnames: ../../tests/f_dup4/script: 
> line 41: 13396 Segmentation fault    

> f_imagic_fs: imagic filesystem with imagic inodes: ../../tests/run_e2fsck: 
> line 48: 14105 Segmentation fault

> 98 tests succeeded      4 tests failed
> make[1]: *** [check] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/e2fsprogs-1.41.8/build/tests'