RE: [BUG] Test Failure 2.52.0, t8020.16,19

[<rsbecker@nexbridge.com>]

On November 19, 2025 11:25 AM, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote:
>On Wed, Nov 19, 2025, at 16:50, rsbecker@nexbridge.com wrote:
>> The following two failures appeared on NonStop for the actual release. I
did
>> not see them in -rc0 or after (doesn't mean they didn't happen after
rc0).
>> To my eyes, this looks like a real issue not just on NonStop. It is 100%
>> reproducible and is not transient. The build is with OpenSSL 3.4, but
that
>> should not matter.
>>
>> expecting success of 8020.16 'cross merge boundaries in blaming':
>>         git checkout HEAD^0 &&
>>         git rm -rf . &&
>>         test_commit m1 &&
>>         git checkout HEAD^ &&
>>         git rm -rf . &&
>>         test_commit m2 &&
>>         git merge m1 &&
>>         check_last_modified <<-\EOF
>>         m2 m2.t
>>         m1 m1.t
>>         EOF
>>[snip]
>
>Also reported here https://lore.kernel.org/git/4dc4c8cd-c0cc-4784-8fcf-
>defa3a051087@mit.edu/

As a packager for NonStop, my team and I are trying to determine whether
2.52.0
can actually be shipped. The concern is, is this a defect in the test code
or underlying
git merge code, and if the latter, how big an impact. If we hold off, how
long will it
take for a fix (approximately). I do not know the merge code, so...