On 17/03/10 at 14:13 +0100, Florian Hinzmann wrote: > Hello! > > > On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:39:06 +0100 > Lucas Nussbaum <lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net> wrote: > > > Relevant part: > > > make[1]: Entering directory > > > `/build/user-libnet-dns-perl_0.66-1-amd64-jA4Owr/libnet-dns-perl-0.66' > > > PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" > > > "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t > > > # > > > # These tests were ran with: > > > # Net::DNS::VERSION: 0.66 > > > # set environment variable NET_DNS_DEBUG to get all versions > > > t/00-load.t ................ ok > > > t/00-pod.t ................. skipped: Test::Pod v0.95 required for > > > testing POD > > > t/00-version.t ............. ok > > > # > > > # > > > # Executing heuristic to see if have unlimited view of the Internet > > > # If the heuristic fails this could have various reasons probably having > > > # nothing to do with bugs in Net::DNS > > > # > > > # > > > t/001-connection-checks.t .. ok > > > > [...] > > > > > Servers [193.0.14.129 198.41.0.4 ] did not give answers at > > > /build/user-libnet-dns-perl_0.66-1-amd64-jA4Owr/libnet-dns-perl-0.66/blib/lib/Net/DNS/Resolver/Recurse.pm > > > line 112. > > > Servers [198.41.0.4 192.58.128.30 192.112.36.4 202.12.27.33 192.5.5.241 > > > 128.63.2.53 192.36.148.17 192.33.4.12 192.228.79.201 199.7.83.42 > > > 128.8.10.90 193.0.14.129 192.203.230.10 ] did not give answers at > > > /build/user-libnet-dns-perl_0.66-1-amd64-jA4Owr/libnet-dns-perl-0.66/blib/lib/Net/DNS/Resolver/Recurse.pm > > > line 112. > > > > [...] > > > > make[1]: *** [test_dynamic] Terminated > > > E: Caught signal 'Terminated': terminating immediately > > > make: *** [build-stamp] Terminated > > > Build killed with signal TERM after 60 minutes of inactivity > > > ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── > > > Build finished at 20100317-0159 > > > The test suite does include online checks. I had the whole test suite disabled > within debian/rules before as to go easy on our build daemons. > > Now with DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck I did enable them, but > skip if nocheck was given. > > > Do we have a policy or best practice on what to do about tests in > general and online tests in particular with respect to build daemons?
Yes: it is a good idea to make online tests errors non-fatal, or disable the online tests completely. The risk is that, in 2 years, you want to do a security update, and then the tests start failing because they depend on an external server. -- | Lucas Nussbaum | lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: lu...@nussbaum.fr GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
