Hey, so when doing world updates I saw this in my list: [ebuild U ] dev-libs/libffi-3.3-r2:0/7::gentoo [3.3-r1:0/7::gentoo] USE="test-bhaible* -debug -pax_kernel -static-libs -test" ABI_X86="32 (64) (-x32)" 1,275 KiB >: equery u libffi + - test-bhaible : Run extended regression tests (very slow). From what I understand, this is not run unless FEATURES="test" is enabled. But just seeing this weird USE flag enabled made me dig into it, and just in case disable it via package.use. So my question is: Shouldn't this be ran anytime FEATURES="test" is used, regardless of the USE flag? I'm most likely not the only one wondering what's going on here.
Testsuite is very slow and you might want to opt out of running it on a daily basis if you just need to smoke-test libffi. USE-flag description tries to hint at that: <flag name="test-bhaible">Run extended regression tests (very slow).</flag>
Made me wonder as well. I checked the USE description "huh, that sounds nasty.. why? I don't want to run any tests", looked up the commit message, had a look at the ebuild, and moved on seeing it's doing nothing on its own, but it's a process I wouldn't wish on other users. Maybe the USE description should at least be changed?
Do you have an example wording?
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=4e661f90fa8cf2d221d84ba48e15ac116d78b3d6 commit 4e661f90fa8cf2d221d84ba48e15ac116d78b3d6 Author: Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-07-16 20:53:19 +0000 Commit: Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-07-16 20:53:39 +0000 dev-libs/libffi: drop USE=test-bhaible Run full testsuite unconditionally. Reported-by: Joonas Niilola Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/731820 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.103, Repoman-2.3.23 Signed-off-by: Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@gentoo.org> dev-libs/libffi/libffi-3.3-r1.ebuild | 11 +---------- dev-libs/libffi/libffi-3.3-r2.ebuild | 11 +---------- dev-libs/libffi/metadata.xml | 1 - 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
