#1141465 procps FTBFS on alpha due to wrong expectation in test suite

Package:
src:procps
Source:
src:procps
Submitter:
Michael Cree
Date:
2026-08-12 12:39:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1141465#5
Date:
2026-07-05 08:43:35 UTC
From:
To:
procps FTBFS on Alpha in the pmap test with [1]

		=== pmap tests ===

Schedule of variations:
    unix

Running target unix
Using /usr/share/dejagnu/baseboards/unix.exp as board description file for target.
Using /usr/share/dejagnu/config/unix.exp as generic interface file for target.
Using /build/reproducible-path/procps-4.0.6/testsuite/config/unix.exp as tool-and-target-specific interface file.
Running /build/reproducible-path/procps-4.0.6/testsuite/pmap.test/pmap.exp ...
FAIL: pmap printing names provided by kernel (--use-kernel-name) (items eof)
FAIL: pmap printing names provided by kernel (-k) (items eof)

The reason for the test failure is because the test suite assumes one
of the vdso or vsyscall kernel interfaces will be memory mapped into
the process memory space, however alpha (and presumably hppa and
sparc64 too) does not have vdso or vsyscall.  On Alpha the only
named kernel memory mapped facilities are the stack and the heap.  I
have attached a patch that updates the test to allow "[heap]" in
addition to "[vdso]" "[vsyscall]" thus generalising the test to be
valid also for arches without vdso and vsyscall.

Cheers,
Michael.

[1] https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=procps&arch=alpha&ver=2%3A4.0.6-2&stamp=1782871961&raw=0

#1141465#12
Date:
2026-08-12 12:36:29 UTC
From:
To:
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
procps, 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 1141465@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Craig Small <csmall@debian.org> (supplier of updated procps package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)
Format: 1.8
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:21:58 +1000
Source: procps
Architecture: source
Version: 2:4.0.7-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
Changed-By: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
Closes: 1141465
Changes:
 procps (2:4.0.7-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream version
   * pmap: Fix testsuite for Alpha Closes: #1141465
   * pidof: Add -d aliased option
   * watch: Restore LINES and COLUMNS env variables
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