Capitalization change in linux tool breaks xfstests
From: Steve French
Date: Thu Jun 04 2026 - 20:03:49 EST
xfstests generic/029, generic/030 and generic/031 now break with
current Ubuntu (26.04) due to a change in capitalization of hexdumps
in some tooling. See below. Has anyone found a way to workaround
this?
generic/029 1s ... - output mismatch (see
/home/smfrench/xfstests-dev/results//sambamfs/generic/029.out.bad)
--- tests/generic/029.out 2025-08-22 09:54:32.256748004 -0500
+++ /home/smfrench/xfstests-dev/results//sambamfs/generic/029.out.bad
2026-05-30 17:23:49.298460413 -0500
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@
000600 57 57 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 >WWXXXXXXXXXXXXXX<
000610 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 >XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX<
*
-0007f0 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 59 >XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXY<
+0007F0 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 59 >XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXY<
000800 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 >YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY<
*
...
(Run 'diff -u /home/smfrench/xfstests-dev/tests/generic/029.out
/home/smfrench/xfstests-dev/results//sambamfs/generic/029.out.bad' to
see the entire diff)
generic/030 0s ... - output mismatch (see
/home/smfrench/xfstests-dev/results//sambamfs/generic/030.out.bad)
--- tests/generic/030.out 2025-08-22 09:54:32.257748640 -0500
+++ /home/smfrench/xfstests-dev/results//sambamfs/generic/030.out.bad
2026-05-30 17:23:49.845293290 -0500
@@ -4,50 +4,50 @@
==== Pre-Remount ===
000000 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 >XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX<
*
-4e6400 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 >YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY<
+4E6400 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 >YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY<
*
-4e7000
...
(Run 'diff -u /home/smfrench/xfstests-dev/tests/generic/030.out
/home/smfrench/xfstests-dev/results//sambamfs/generic/030.out.bad' to
see the entire diff)
generic/031 0s ... - output mismatch (see
/home/smfrench/xfstests-dev/results//sambamfs/generic/031.out.bad)
--- tests/generic/031.out 2025-08-22 09:54:32.257748640 -0500
+++ /home/smfrench/xfstests-dev/results//sambamfs/generic/031.out.bad
2026-05-30 17:23:50.167877492 -0500
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
==== Pre-Remount ===
000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 >................<
*
-01f860 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 cd cd cd cd >................<
-01f870 cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd >................<
+01F860 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 cd cd cd cd >................<
+01F870 cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd >................<
...
--
Thanks,
Steve