Control: tags -1 + moreinfo On Mon, 20 Dec 2021 Nilesh Patra <[email protected]> wrote: > To elaborate, let's say I have version 'x' of a package 'foo' which fails it's > autopkgtest. > > Now, I fix it locally on a porter box, and want to test my fix before upload, > by running > autopkgtest on the porter box. Since autopkgtest needs root access to install > the package > on the machine I am testing on, it will not work, as root perms on porter > machines are not > granted. > > Is it somehow possible to circumvent this? Or is it somehow possible to run > autopkgtest > w/o installing the package, and "assuming" that the .deb is already there? Hi Nilesh,
Let me check I got this right. You would like autopkgtest to test the package by running tests from a built source tree, or from an arbitrary location under your home directory, instead of using a system-wide installed .deb? Thanks, Paride
