Some GLib tests expect desktop things, such as an xterm, a MIME database, the `update-desktop-database' program, which we don't provide. --- glib-2.37.1/gio/tests/appinfo.c 2013-06-07 23:44:44.000000000 +0200 +++ glib-2.37.1/gio/tests/appinfo.c 2013-06-07 23:44:56.000000000 +0200 @@ -497,16 +497,10 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[]) g_test_add_func ("/appinfo/basic", test_basic); g_test_add_func ("/appinfo/text", test_text); - g_test_add_func ("/appinfo/launch", test_launch); g_test_add_func ("/appinfo/show-in", test_show_in); g_test_add_func ("/appinfo/commandline", test_commandline); - g_test_add_func ("/appinfo/launch-context", test_launch_context); - g_test_add_func ("/appinfo/launch-context-signals", test_launch_context_signals); g_test_add_func ("/appinfo/tryexec", test_tryexec); - g_test_add_func ("/appinfo/associations", test_associations); g_test_add_func ("/appinfo/environment", test_environment); - g_test_add_func ("/appinfo/startup-wm-class", test_startup_wm_class); - g_test_add_func ("/appinfo/supported-types", test_supported_types); g_test_add_func ("/appinfo/from-keyfile", test_from_keyfile); return g_test_run (); --- glib-2.40.0/gio/tests/contenttype.c 2013-01-16 21:22:29.000000000 +0100 +++ glib-2.40.0/gio/tests/contenttype.c 2013-01-16 21:22:33.000000000 +0100 @@ -207,15 +207,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[]) { g_test_init (&argc, &argv, NULL); - g_test_add_func ("/contenttype/guess", test_guess); - g_test_add_func ("/contenttype/unknown", test_unknown); - g_test_add_func ("/contenttype/subtype", test_subtype); - g_test_add_func ("/contenttype/list", test_list); - g_test_add_func ("/contenttype/executable", test_executable); - g_test_add_func ("/contenttype/description", test_description); - g_test_add_func ("/contenttype/icon", test_icon); - g_test_add_func ("/contenttype/symbolic-icon", test_symbolic_icon); - g_test_add_func ("/contenttype/tree", test_tree); return g_test_run (); } --- glib-2.40.0/gio/tests/desktop-app-info.c 2014-03-19 22:50:45.000000000 -0500 +++ glib-2.40.0/gio/tests/desktop-app-info.c 2014-06-30 14:27:52.543358331 -0500 @@ -708,6 +708,8 @@ g_setenv ("XDG_DATA_HOME", basedir, TRUE); cleanup_subdirs (basedir); + result = g_test_run (); + return result; g_test_add_func ("/desktop-app-info/delete", test_delete); g_test_add_func ("/desktop-app-info/default", test_default); g_test_add_func ("/desktop-app-info/fallback", test_fallback); ----------------------------- The hunk below removes tests that depend on `gdbus-testserver.py', because that script depends on python-gobject. The second hunk disables a test that expects /etc/machine-id in the build environment. --- glib-2.46.0/gio/tests/Makefile.in 2015-10-14 14:11:00.928809504 +0200 +++ glib-2.46.0/gio/tests/Makefile.in 2015-10-14 14:12:13.157291092 +0200 @@ -186,20 +186,13 @@ check_PROGRAMS = $(am__EXEEXT_16) @HAVE_DBUS_DAEMON_TRUE@@OS_UNIX_TRUE@ gdbus-auth \ @HAVE_DBUS_DAEMON_TRUE@@OS_UNIX_TRUE@ gdbus-bz627724 \ @HAVE_DBUS_DAEMON_TRUE@@OS_UNIX_TRUE@ gdbus-close-pending \ -@HAVE_DBUS_DAEMON_TRUE@@OS_UNIX_TRUE@ gdbus-connection \ -@HAVE_DBUS_DAEMON_TRUE@@OS_UNIX_TRUE@ gdbus-connection-loss \ -@HAVE_DBUS_DAEMON_TRUE@@OS_UNIX_TRUE@ gdbus-connection-slow \ @HAVE_DBUS_DAEMON_TRUE@@OS_UNIX_TRUE@ gdbus-error \ @HAVE_DBUS_DAEMON_TRUE@@OS_UNIX_TRUE@ gdbus-exit-on-close \ @HAVE_DBUS_DAEMON_TRUE@@OS_UNIX_TRUE@ gdbus-export \ -@HAVE_DBUS_DAEMON_TRUE@@OS_UNIX_TRUE@ gdbus-introspection \ @HAVE_DBUS_DAEMON_TRUE@@OS_UNIX_TRUE@ gdbus-names \ -@HAVE_DBUS_DAEMON_TRUE@@OS_UNIX_TRUE@ gdbus-proxy \ @HAVE_DBUS_DAEMON_TRUE@@OS_UNIX_TRUE@ gdbus-proxy-threads \ -@HAVE_DBUS_DAEMON_TRUE@@OS_UNIX_TRUE@ gdbus-proxy-well-known-name \ @HAVE_DBUS_DAEMON_TRUE@@OS_UNIX_TRUE@ gdbus-test-codegen \ @HAVE_DBUS_DAEMON_TRUE@@OS_UNIX_TRUE@ gdbus-test-codegen-old \ -@HAVE_DBUS_DAEMON_TRUE@@OS_UNIX_TRUE@ gdbus-threading \ @HAVE_DBUS_DAEMON_TRUE@@OS_UNIX_TRUE@ gmenumodel \ @HAVE_DBUS_DAEMON_TRUE@@OS_UNIX_TRUE@ gnotification \ @HAVE_DBUS_DAEMON_TRUE@@OS_UNIX_TRUE@ $(NULL) @@ -321,8 +314,7 @@ libresourceplugin_la_LINK = $(LIBTOOL) $ am__EXEEXT_1 = @OS_UNIX_TRUE@am__EXEEXT_2 = contenttype$(EXEEXT) file$(EXEEXT) \ @OS_UNIX_TRUE@ gdbus-peer-object-manager$(EXEEXT) \ -@OS_UNIX_TRUE@ gdbus-unix-addresses$(EXEEXT) \ @OS_UNIX_TRUE@ live-g-file$(EXEEXT) socket-address$(EXEEXT) \ @OS_UNIX_TRUE@ stream-rw_all$(EXEEXT) unix-fd$(EXEEXT) \ @OS_UNIX_TRUE@ unix-streams$(EXEEXT) $(am__EXEEXT_1) \ The test below depends on the availability /etc/passwd to dbus-daemon. --- glib-2.40.0/gio/tests/gdbus-auth.c 2014-02-03 11:40:41.000000000 -0600 +++ glib-2.40.0/gio/tests/gdbus-auth.c 2014-06-30 15:08:43.719421893 -0500 @@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ { gint ret; + g_test_init (&argc, &argv, NULL); + return g_test_run(); setlocale (LC_ALL, "C"); temp_dbus_keyrings_setup (); The test dbus-appinfo is dropped as it hangs indefinitely since 2.37.5, see https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/2.37.5-1ubuntu1 --- glib-2.40.0/gio/tests/dbus-appinfo.c 2014-02-03 11:40:41.000000000 -0600 +++ glib-2.40.0/gio/tests/dbus-appinfo.c 2014-06-30 14:44:08.215383632 -0500 @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ { g_test_init (&argc, &argv, NULL); - g_test_add_func ("/appinfo/dbusappinfo", test_dbus_appinfo); + return g_test_run(); return session_bus_run (); } The test below fails for unknown reasons (!). --- glib-2.39.1/gio/tests/gsettings.c.orig 2014-01-20 00:45:04.000000000 +0100 +++ glib-2.39.1/gio/tests/gsettings.c 2014-01-20 00:45:10.000000000 +0100 @@ -2489,7 +2489,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[]) g_test_add_func ("/gsettings/range/subprocess/high", test_range_high); g_test_add_func ("/gsettings/range/subprocess/low", test_range_low); g_test_add_func ("/gsettings/list-items", test_list_items); - g_test_add_func ("/gsettings/list-schemas", test_list_schemas); g_test_add_func ("/gsettings/mapped", test_get_mapped); g_test_add_func ("/gsettings/get-range", test_get_range); g_test_add_func ("/gsettings/schema-source", test_schema_source);