Re: Current Lua test failures on the buildbot

[Peter Wu <peter () lekensteyn nl>]

On Sat, Aug 06, 2016 at 08:34:10PM -0700, Guy Harris wrote:
> > On Aug 6, 2016, at 8:22 PM, Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu> wrote:
> >
> > On Aug 6, 2016, at 7:47 PM, Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu> wrote:
> >
> > > It also fails on an Ubuntu 14.10 system; the TShark build information is:
> > >
> > >    TShark (Wireshark) 2.3.0 (v2.3.0rc0-230-ge32890a from master)
> > >
> > >    Copyright 1998-2016 Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> and contributors.
> > >    License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
> > >    This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
> > >    warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> > >
> > >    Compiled (64-bit) with libpcap, without POSIX capabilities, with libnl 3, with
> > >    GLib 2.42.1, with zlib 1.2.8, without SMI, without c-ares, with Lua 5.2, without
> > >    GnuTLS, without Gcrypt, without Kerberos, without GeoIP.
> > >
> > >    Running on Linux 3.16.0-44-generic, with locale en_US.UTF-8, with libpcap
> > >    version 1.6.2, with zlib 1.2.8.
> > >    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4980HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz (with SSE4.2)
> > >
> > >    Built using gcc 4.9.1.
> >
> > Succeeds on Ubuntu 12.10; the TShark build information is:
> >
> >     TShark (Wireshark) 2.3.0 (v2.3.0rc0-231-g66711eb from master)
> >
> >     Copyright 1998-2016 Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> and contributors.
> >     License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
> >     This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
> >     warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> >
> >     Compiled (64-bit) with libpcap, without POSIX capabilities, with libnl 2, with
> >     GLib 2.32.4, with zlib 1.2.3.4, without SMI, without c-ares, with Lua 5.1, without
> >     GnuTLS, without Gcrypt, without Kerberos, without GeoIP.
> >
> >     Running on Linux 3.2.0-101-generic, with locale en_US.UTF-8, with libpcap
> >     version 1.1.1, with zlib 1.2.3.4.
> >     Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4980HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz (with SSE4.2)
> >
> >     Built using gcc 4.6.3.
> >
> > Older GLib *and* older Lua; I'll see if I can try it with Lua 5.2.
>
> Succeeds with Lua 5.2 as well; the TShark build information is:
>
>       TShark (Wireshark) 2.3.0 (v2.3.0rc0-231-g66711eb from master)
>
>       Copyright 1998-2016 Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> and contributors.
>       License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
>       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
>       warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
>       Compiled (64-bit) with libpcap, without POSIX capabilities, with libnl 2, with
>       GLib 2.32.4, with zlib 1.2.3.4, without SMI, without c-ares, with Lua 5.2,
>       without GnuTLS, without Gcrypt, without Kerberos, without GeoIP.
>
>       Running on Linux 3.2.0-101-generic, with locale en_US.UTF-8, with libpcap
>       version 1.1.1, with zlib 1.2.3.4.
>       Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4980HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz (with SSE4.2)
>
>       Built using gcc 4.6.3.
>
> So it looks as if something changed between GLib 2.32.4 and GLib 2.42.1.

Could be a bug/missing feature introduced with PCRE 8.34, see
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=725072

Related WIP patch (that depends on glib work):
https://code.wireshark.org/review/10741
-- 
Kind regards,
Peter Wu
https://lekensteyn.nl
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