XPost: linux.debian.ports.sparc, linux.debian.ports.powerpc   
   From: glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de   
      
   Hello Jeremy,   
      
   On Mon, 2026-02-16 at 15:27 -0500, Jeremy Bícha wrote:   
   > On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz   
   >  wrote:   
   > > On Mon, 2025-10-27 at 19:21 +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:   
   > > > After the last changes, the failures on sparc64 are actually now down to   
   [1]:   
   > > >    
   > > > Summary of Failures:   
   > > >    
   > > >  26/755 gtk:gdk / dmabufformat   
                                                         ERROR            3.28s     
   killed by signal 5 SIGTRAP   
   > > >  21/755 gtk:gdk / memorytextur   
                                                         ERROR            3.58s     
   killed by signal 5 SIGTRAP   
   > > > 131/755 gtk:gsk / scalin   
                                                               ERROR              
   3.36s   killed by signal 5 SIGTRAP   
   > > > 128/755 gtk:gsk / mis   
                                                                  E   
   ROR            3.82s   killed by signal 5 SIGTRAP   
   > > >    
   > > > Ok:                723   
   > > > Fail:              4   
   > > > Skipped:           28   
   > >    
   > > And we need to disable those tests plus another one on powerpc as well:   
   > >    
   > > Summary of Failures:   
   > >    
   > >  26/755 gtk:gdk / dmabufformat   
                                                         ERROR            4.57s     
   killed by signal 5 SIGTRAP   
   > >  21/755 gtk:gdk / memorytextur   
                                                         ERROR            5.05s     
   killed by signal 5 SIGTRAP   
   > > 131/755 gtk:gsk / scalin   
                                                               ERROR              
   5.31s   killed by signal 5 SIGTRAP   
   > > 128/755 gtk:gsk / mis   
                                                                  E   
   ROR            5.45s   killed by signal 5 SIGTRAP   
   > > 178/755 gtk:gtk / sorte   
                                                                ERROR              
   4.37s   killed by signal 6 SIGABRT   
   >    
   > Sorry for the delay responding. I think what the Debian GNOME team   
   > would like to see before skipping additional tests is some assurance   
   > that gtk4 actually works well on these platforms. None of us have   
   > access to a physical machine for these ports. If you have access to a   
   > machine like that, could you confirm that gtk4 is working despite   
   > these bugs? There is a binary package gtk-4-examples that install   
   > gtk4-demo you can use to manually test a wide variety of gtk4 UI   
   > elements.   
   >    
   > Alternatively, and I know it's a lot of work, but someone could   
   > identify and fix the code (or the tests) to correct the assumption   
   > that isn't true for these architectures.   
      
   Oracle ships Gtk on Oracle Solaris for SPARC and Gtk applications worked   
   fine last time I tested them on my Powerbook G4, so I have no doubt that   
   Gtk actually works on these platforms.   
      
   However, I can test the gtk4-demo package if you let me know what to test.   
      
   Adrian   
      
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