Hi,

Ubuntu hit an FTBFS with gettext 1.0-1 in the stonking development series.

The failing test is `gettext-tools/gnulib-tests/test-getaddrinfo.c`. The
test tries to resolve external hostnames with `getaddrinfo()` and expects
success, but in the Ubuntu build environment it returns `EAI_NONAME` (-2),
causing `test-getaddrinfo` to fail.

The test already skips on `EAI_AGAIN` for no-network situations. The
attached patch also skips on `EAI_NONAME`, which can happen when DNS
resolution is unavailable in sandboxed/buildd environments.

PPA validation:
https://launchpad.net/~zineb/+archive/ubuntu/gettext-ftbfs

Forwarded upstream to bug-gettext@gnu.org; archive link pending.


Thanks,
Zineb

Thanks for the report, but packages must not attempt network access
during the build anyway (not even if you "catch" them as they try),
so I'm going to skip the test unconditionally in 1.0-2.

Thanks.

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
gettext, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1141154@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> (supplier of updated gettext package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:20:00 +0200
Source: gettext
Architecture: source
Version: 1.0-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>
Changed-By: Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>
Closes: 1141154
Changes:
 gettext (1.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
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   * Skip test-getaddrinfo. Closes: #1141154.
   * Do not pass XFAIL_TESTS to dh_auto_test anymore.
   * Drop unused lintian override.
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