Because tests for some reason need the "co" program from rcs package and do something weird about it. Should be investigated what it does and perhaps even just disable some of the tests instead if that historic,v handling is bogus.
With app-text/rcs installed, the test using co fails; 6 of the 8 other tests fail for me, however, each with the error message "install-mbr:test-mbr: No boot signature found. Use --force to override." Version 1.1.11 (not yet in portage, but renaming the ebuild works without modification) passes all its tests on my machine.
Version bump to 1.1.11 and fix DEPEND on app-text/rcs when doing tests. Sadly, tests failed on my machine
(In reply to comment #2) > Version bump to 1.1.11 and fix DEPEND on app-text/rcs when doing tests. > Sadly, tests failed on my machine Provide build.log for this please
All tests pass for me. Please reopen if you still encounter failure, attaching emerge --info and the build log.
Created attachment 545414 [details] build.log Test failure on x86: > >>> Test phase: sys-boot/mbr-1.1.11-r1 > make --jobs 5 --load-average 7.95 check > Making check in harness > make[1]: Entering directory '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/mbr-1.1.11-r1/work/mbr-1.1.11/harness' > make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'check'. > make[1]: Leaving directory '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/mbr-1.1.11-r1/work/mbr-1.1.11/harness' > make[1]: Entering directory '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/mbr-1.1.11-r1/work/mbr-1.1.11' > make table.b mbr.b mbr-1.1.3.b mbr-1.1.2.b mbr-1.1.1.b mbr-1.1.0.b mbr-1.0.1.b mbr-1.0.0.b > make[2]: Entering directory '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/mbr-1.1.11-r1/work/mbr-1.1.11' > i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -E -xc table.S86 -o table.s86.tmp && mv table.s86.tmp table.s86 > make[2]: 'mbr.b' is up to date. > co -pMBR_1_1_3 historic,v >mbr-1.1.3.S86 > co -pMBR_1_1_2 historic,v >mbr-1.1.2.S86 > historic,v --> standard output > revision 1.5 > co -pMBR_1_1_0 historic,v >mbr-1.1.0.S86 > co -pMBR_1_1_1 historic,v >mbr-1.1.1.S86 > historic,v --> standard output > revision 1.6 > co -pMBR_1_0_0 historic,v >mbr-1.0.0.S86 > historic,v --> standard output > revision 1.4 > as86 -0 -b table.b.tmp -s table.sym -l table.lst table.s86 && mv table.b.tmp table.b > historic,v --> standard output > revision 1.3 > i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -E -xc mbr-1.1.3.S86 -o mbr-1.1.3.s86.tmp && mv mbr-1.1.3.s86.tmp mbr-1.1.3.s86 > co -pMBR_1_0_1 historic,v >mbr-1.0.1.S86 > historic,v --> standard output > revision 1.1 > i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -E -xc mbr-1.1.1.S86 -o mbr-1.1.1.s86.tmp && mv mbr-1.1.1.s86.tmp mbr-1.1.1.s86 > i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -E -xc mbr-1.1.0.S86 -o mbr-1.1.0.s86.tmp && mv mbr-1.1.0.s86.tmp mbr-1.1.0.s86 > historic,v --> standard output > revision 1.2 > i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -E -xc mbr-1.0.0.S86 -o mbr-1.0.0.s86.tmp && mv mbr-1.0.0.s86.tmp mbr-1.0.0.s86 > as86 -0 -b mbr-1.1.3.b.tmp -s mbr-1.1.3.sym -l mbr-1.1.3.lst mbr-1.1.3.s86 && mv mbr-1.1.3.b.tmp mbr-1.1.3.b > i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -E -xc mbr-1.0.1.S86 -o mbr-1.0.1.s86.tmp && mv mbr-1.0.1.s86.tmp mbr-1.0.1.s86 > as86 -0 -b mbr-1.1.1.b.tmp -s mbr-1.1.1.sym -l mbr-1.1.1.lst mbr-1.1.1.s86 && mv mbr-1.1.1.b.tmp mbr-1.1.1.b > i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -E -xc mbr-1.1.2.S86 -o mbr-1.1.2.s86.tmp && mv mbr-1.1.2.s86.tmp mbr-1.1.2.s86 > as86 -0 -b mbr-1.0.0.b.tmp -s mbr-1.0.0.sym -l mbr-1.0.0.lst mbr-1.0.0.s86 && mv mbr-1.0.0.b.tmp mbr-1.0.0.b > as86 -0 -b mbr-1.1.0.b.tmp -s mbr-1.1.0.sym -l mbr-1.1.0.lst mbr-1.1.0.s86 && mv mbr-1.1.0.b.tmp mbr-1.1.0.b > as86 -0 -b mbr-1.0.1.b.tmp -s mbr-1.0.1.sym -l mbr-1.0.1.lst mbr-1.0.1.s86 && mv mbr-1.0.1.b.tmp mbr-1.0.1.b > as86 -0 -b mbr-1.1.2.b.tmp -s mbr-1.1.2.sym -l mbr-1.1.2.lst mbr-1.1.2.s86 && mv mbr-1.1.2.b.tmp mbr-1.1.2.b > rm mbr-1.0.1.s86 mbr-1.1.3.s86 mbr-1.0.0.s86 table.s86 mbr-1.1.0.s86 mbr-1.1.1.s86 mbr-1.1.2.s86 > make[2]: Leaving directory '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/mbr-1.1.11-r1/work/mbr-1.1.11' > make check-TESTS > make[2]: Entering directory '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/mbr-1.1.11-r1/work/mbr-1.1.11' > PASS: tests/version > PASS: tests/inst-1 > PASS: tests/inst-2 > PASS: tests/inst-3 > PASS: tests/inst-4 > PASS: tests/inst-5 > PASS: tests/inst-6 > PASS: tests/inst-7 > PASS: tests/inst-8 > Failed to map area at 0x0: Operation not permitted > FAIL: tests/mbr-1 > Failed to map area at 0x0: Operation not permitted > FAIL: tests/mbr-2 > Failed to map area at 0x0: Operation not permitted > FAIL: tests/mbr-3 > Failed to map area at 0x0: Operation not permitted > FAIL: tests/mbr-4 > Failed to map area at 0x0: Operation not permitted > FAIL: tests/mbr-5 > Failed to map area at 0x0: Operation not permitted > FAIL: tests/mbr-6 > Failed to map area at 0x0: Operation not permitted > FAIL: tests/testdisk-1 > Failed to map area at 0x0: Operation not permitted > FAIL: tests/testdisk-2 > Failed to map area at 0x0: Operation not permitted > FAIL: tests/testdisk-3 > Failed to map area at 0x0: Operation not permitted > FAIL: tests/testdisk-4 > Failed to map area at 0x0: Operation not permitted > FAIL: tests/testdisk-5 > Failed to map area at 0x0: Operation not permitted > FAIL: tests/testdisk-6 > ===================== > 12 of 21 tests failed > ===================== > make[2]: *** [Makefile:475: check-TESTS] Error 1 > make[2]: Leaving directory '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/mbr-1.1.11-r1/work/mbr-1.1.11' > make[1]: *** [Makefile:691: check-am] Error 2 > make[1]: Leaving directory '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/mbr-1.1.11-r1/work/mbr-1.1.11' > make: *** [Makefile:349: check-recursive] Error 1 > * ERROR: sys-boot/mbr-1.1.11-r1::gentoo failed (test phase): > * Make check failed. See above for details. 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