[LU-6224] e2fsprogs build for ppc64 fails in 'make check'

• Type: Bug
• Resolution: Not a Bug
• Priority: Major
• Severity: 3
• Assignee: WC Triage
• Reporter: Frank Heckes (Inactive)

Description

• Local build (not using Jenkins) for e2fsprogs on ppc64 (shadow-32) failed in section 'make j16 check' for tests f_dirdata f_eofblocks f_pgsize_gt_blksize s_basic_scan. See also attached build log file 'e2fsprogs-build-2015-02-08-6.log'. Therefore no build artifacts (RPMs) are created.
• Build procedure used (same as for Jenkins besides executed manually)
  • git clone
  • git checkout master-lustre
  • Execute Jenkins wrapper 'build-e2fsprogs.sh' (see attached file)
    node
• In principle the e2fsprogs RPMs can be created successful (see attached build log file 'e2fsprogs-build-2015-02-09-1.log') in case the 'checks' are disabled using the following procedure:
  • Clean the repo:

    git reset --hard
    git clean -dfx
    

  • Comment out 'make check' section in the autoconf templated SPEC file e2fsprogs-RHEL-6.spec.in (line 190)
  • Comment out git reset, git clean commands in build script build-e2fsprogs.sh (lines 72, 73)
  • Execute build-e2fsprogs.sh in toplevel directory of e2fsprogs GIT
    NOTE: local build has been utiliised to avoid negative impact on the production pipe.