Description of Problem: When building the rpm-4.0.3-0.6 source rpm on a 7.1 alpha RC1 machine I get 5 out 11 tests fail. rpm -Uvh rpm-4.0.3-0.6.src.rpm cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS rpmbuild -bc rpm.spec cd ../BUILD/rpm-4.0.3/ make check I have attached the output from the following make check command to this bug report.
Created attachment 18950 [details] Failed rpm make check of rpm source package
The make check in rpm is doing exactly what it's always done. Why do you care?
so let me get this straight: make check is known broken, right?
No it's not broken, it just doesn't do what you are expecting it too. It checks that headers are identical within known differences, that's not a very strong test of rpm functionality at all, and requires more than No output means it passes. to analyze. Look if you want me to write a "make check", I will do so. I've suggested exactly this several times, and been pointedly discouraged from doing so by both ewt and gafton.
Closing for now add a RFE: for "make check" if necessary/desired.