Paul Gevers writes ("Re: Bug#901897 closed by Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> (Bug#901897: fixed in git 1:2.18.0~rc2-2)"): > On 22-06-18 15:02, Ian Jackson wrote: > > I don't know exactly what autopkgtest command line rune you are using > > but certainly it was designed to be able to run the test suite of one > > version against a different version. > > I manually just told autopkgtest to take two packages from unstable > instead of one. So you are saying that the current behavior is designed > behavior. Thinking about it I can see why you say that, but it is > annoying in the Debian and Ubuntu infrastructure while I see no benefit > from it for them. Maybe this should be optional then and be turned on > for Debian and Ubuntu?
I think it _is_ optional. At least, it was in adt-run. I think autopkgtest has much of the same logic. It's a question of putting together the right rune to specify what you want. Ian. -- Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> These opinions are my own. If I emailed you from an address @fyvzl.net or @evade.org.uk, that is a private address which bypasses my fierce spamfilter.