Bug#761172: [Debian-med-packaging] Verified problem in new version of itext5

[Olivier Sallou]

On 09/26/2014 11:49 AM, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the attached quilt patch disables both failing tests in version 5.5.3.
This would help making tests pass, but are we sure there is no side
effect at runtime on applications?
> Hope this helps
>
>        Andreas.
>
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:07:46AM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
>> [please CC me I'm not a member of pkg-java-maintainers]
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> since this package has two reverse dependencies in Debian Med (figtree,
>> biojava3-live) I had a look into this.  I tried the latest version
>> (5.5.3) and realised, that the problem exists also there plus another
>> one.
>>
>>
>> Results :
>>
>> Tests in error: 
>>   testExtraXObjects(com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfCopyTest): Can't connect to X11 window server using 'localhost:11.0' as the value of the DISPLAY variable.
>>   remoteGifTest(com.itextpdf.text.RemoteGifImageTest): itextpdf.com
>>
>> Tests run: 246, Failures: 0, Errors: 2, Skipped: 4
>>
>>
>> I think in principle it should be quite easy to simply exclude these
>> tests from the test suite.  Please keep in touch if any help might
>> be needed and whether you consider upgrading to the latest version.
>>
>> Remark:  I'd recommend using a Git repository layout including
>> pristine-tar since the tarball will not be downloaded but created from
>> SVN and thus it matters regarding md5sum what tarball is used.  Keeping
>> it as pristine tar would bring all maintainers on the same base.
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>>        Andreas.
>>
>> -- 
>> http://fam-tille.de
>
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