[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#846224: ntp needs ruby for it's unit tests when building

[Bernhard Schmidt]

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 06:01:50AM -0500, Charles (Chas) Williams wrote:

Hi,

> Package: ntp
> Version: 1:4.2.8p9+dfsg-2
> 
> ruby is used by ntp when running unit tests during its build
> process.  ruby should be listed as a build dependency in
> debian/control

Hrm, the unit test (make check) fails for me, but does so regardless of
ruby being installed or not.

FAIL: test-decodenetnum
[...]
===============================================
   ntp 4.2.8p10: tests/libntp/test-suite.log
===============================================

# TOTAL: 39
# PASS:  38
# SKIP:  0
# XFAIL: 0
# FAIL:  1
# XPASS: 0
# ERROR: 0

.. contents:: :depth: 2

FAIL: test-decodenetnum
=======================

decodenetnum.c:42:test_IPv4AddressOnly:FAIL: Expected TRUE Was FALSE
decodenetnum.c:57:test_IPv4AddressWithPort:FAIL: Expected TRUE Was FALSE
decodenetnum.c:87:test_IPv6AddressOnly:IGNORE: IPV6 disabled in build,
skipping.
decodenetnum.c:118:test_IPv6AddressWithPort:IGNORE: IPV6 disabled in
build, skipping.
decodenetnum.c:12:test_IllegalAddress:PASS
decodenetnum.c:148:test_IllegalCharInPort:FAIL: Expected TRUE Was FALSE

-----------------------
6 Tests: 
1 PASS 
0 XFAIL 
3 Failures 
0 XPASS 
2 Ignored 

FAIL
FAIL test-decodenetnum (exit status: 3)

Haven't looked further so far.

Bernhard
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