On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 03:50:15PM +0200, Balint Reczey wrote: > Package: autopkgtest > Version: 4.3 > > Dear Maintainers, > > Running autopkgtest testsuite of libdbd-mysql-perl fails on s390x due > to the long socket filename: > > ( From https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/autopkgtest/+bug/1680577 ) > ... > 2017-03-29T08:40:18.627231Z 0 [Warning] Failed to set up SSL because > of the following SSL library error: SSL context is not usable without > certificate and private key > 2017-03-29T08:40:18.627257Z 0 [ERROR] The socket file path is too long > (> 107): > /data/adttmp/autopkgtest-virt-lxc.shared.y4ui3net/downtmp/build.R3s/libdbd-mysql-perl-4.041/t/testdb/mysql.sock > 2017-03-29T08:40:18.627267Z 0 [ERROR] Aborting > > 2017-03-29T08:40:18.627278Z 0 [Note] Binlog end > 2017-03-29T08:40:18.627315Z 0 [Note] Shutting down plugin 'ngram' > 2017-03-29T08:40:18.627328Z 0 [Note] Shutting down plugin 'partition' > 2017-03-29T08:40:18.627337Z 0 [Note] Shutting down plugin 'BLACKHOLE' > ... > > A few characters could be cut in the package's test itself, but the > same problem may affect many other packages and fixing the issue in > autopkgtest seems bring more benefits. > > The system configuration addst the beginning of the path, but it is > not very long compared to the standard "/tmp": > "/data/adttmp/" > > The test itself generates the following path inside the source > directory which is not a huge portion of the path either: > "t/testdb/mysql.sock" > > Autopkgtest generates the longest part: > "autopkgtest-virt-lxc.shared.y4ui3net/downtmp/build.R3s/libdbd-mysql-perl-4.041" > > I proposed a patch which cuts a few characters from the prefix by > abbreviating "autopkgtest-virt-lxc.shared.", but the source directory > for the package could also be just "src" instead of the full package > name with version especially since this can be much longer than in the > current case. > > Before preparing an updated patch I wanted to ask for your opinion > regarding the path to be taken ( :-) ).
I am not an autopkgtest maintainer, but I think we could maybe have the source tree in a very short path right on top of /, like /src, or /autopkgtest/src ... however I am not sure how that would impact the current codebase.
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