Re: v2.37.0-rc2 - Additional Breakages on NonStop x86 (was RE: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.37.0-rc2)

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> writes:

> Am 23.06.22 um 14:55 schrieb rsbecker@nexbridge.com:
>> RC2 had numerous new test failures on NonStop that were not
>> present in RC1, RC0, or prior git releases, ignoring the @2
>> problem previously reported.

I am wondering if "@2 problem" is the only thing that were present
in -rc1 but was only noticed in -rc2, which presumably is because
some other changes in the reporter's build and test environment.

> rc2 changed the following files:
>
>    $ git diff --stat v2.37.0-rc1 v2.37.0-rc2
>     Documentation/git-gc.txt         |  3 +--
>     GIT-VERSION-GEN                  |  2 +-
>     builtin/name-rev.c               |  2 +-
>     contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh | 32 +++++++++++++++++---------------
>     t/t9903-bash-prompt.sh           |  2 +-
>     5 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
> The name-rev change only modifies a help message.  At first glance there
> doesn't seem to be a way that these changes may influence the outcome of
> those tests.

Thanks for a thought.