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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com>,
	 git@vger.kernel.org,  Kousik Sanagavarapu <five231003@gmail.com>,
	 brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] t1016-compatObjectFormat: Really freeze time for reproduciblity
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 10:15:23 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqv7jzc5hw.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87frb310d2.fsf_-_@email.froward.int.ebiederm.org> (Eric W. Biederman's message of "Tue, 28 Oct 2025 11:01:45 -0500")

"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> writes:

> By default gpg still allows time to move forward with --faked-system-time.
> So in those rare instances when the system is heavily loaded an gpg runs
> slower than other times, signatures over the exact same data differ
> due to timestamps with a minuscule difference.
>
> Reading through the gpg documentation with a close eye, time can be
> frozen by including an exclamation point at the end of the argument to
> --faked-system-time.
> ...
>  t/t1016-compatObjectFormat.sh | 6 ++++++
>  t/t1016/gpg                   | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Geez, how are we expected to find the need for '!' ourselves X-<.

Thanks for root causing the issue so quickly once it was raised.

And let me drop the "let's disable flakey ones" band-aid patch from
the queue.


  reply	other threads:[~2025-10-28 17:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-07-03 15:37 [PATCH 0/2] t/lib-gpg: ensure GNUPGHOME is created as needed Todd Zullinger
2024-07-03 15:37 ` [PATCH 1/2] t/lib-gpg: add prepare_gnupghome() to create GNUPGHOME dir Todd Zullinger
2024-07-03 15:37 ` [PATCH 2/2] t/lib-gpg: call prepare_gnupghome() in GPG2 prereq Todd Zullinger
2024-07-03 16:29 ` [PATCH 0/2] t/lib-gpg: ensure GNUPGHOME is created as needed Todd Zullinger
2025-02-28 15:26   ` Todd Zullinger
2025-10-26  1:25     ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-27 16:16       ` Eric W. Biederman
2025-10-27 17:38         ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-27 19:03           ` Eric W. Biederman
2025-10-27 19:32             ` Eric W. Biederman
2025-10-27 20:32               ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-28 16:01                 ` [PATCH] t1016-compatObjectFormat: Really freeze time for reproduciblity Eric W. Biederman
2025-10-28 17:15                   ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2025-10-29  3:05                     ` Todd Zullinger

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