Failed test. Not possible to pass.

[Achim Bohnet]

On Montag 13 Jan 2014 16:52:50 Scarlett Clark wrote:
> 1/2 Test #2: ki18n-ktranscripttest ............***Failed    0.00 sec
> ********* Start testing of KTranscriptTest *********
> Config: Using QtTest library 5.2.0, Qt 5.2.0
> FAIL!  : KTranscriptTest::initTestCase() '!pluginPath.isEmpty()' returned
> FALSE. ()
>    Loc: [../../autotests/ktranscripttest.cpp(59)]
> PASS   : KTranscriptTest::cleanupTestCase()
> Totals: 1 passed, 1 failed, 0 skipped
> 
> And after spending more time than I would like to admit, I have found that
> it is not possible for it to pass considering ki18n package is the one that
> provides ktranscript.so .... of course it does not exist. Once I ran the
> debuild skipping tests and installed the resulting package, the tests
> passed. This of course means this package will not make it through
> pbuilder. How should I proceed?
> pbuilder. How should I proceed?

Hi Scarlet,

that's IMHO an upstream bug.  The test should set LD_LIBRARY_PATH or whatever 
is used to locate ktranscript.so  The test should always use the 
ktransscript.so in the source tree.  Never the one that was installed before.

Achim

> Scarlett

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