Control: tags -1 patch On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:09:07 +0000 Luca Boccassi <[email protected]> wrote: > Source: fetchmail > Severity: serious > Justification: blocks other packages from migrating > Affects: systemd > > Dear Maintainer(s), > > The service autopkgtest fails with systemd v260 as sysv scripts > support has been dropped: > > https://sources.debian.org/src/fetchmail/6.6.2-2/debian/tests/service > > 119s autopkgtest [09:55:08]: test service: [----------------------- > 119s Checking fetchmail service is enabled > 119s not-found > 119s autopkgtest [09:55:08]: test service: -----------------------] > > https://ci.debian.net/packages/f/fetchmail/testing/amd64/68983048/#S13 > > Please adjust the test so that it doesn't fail when sysv scripts are > not supported. Thanks!
Here's a debdiff that removes the test, given it depends on systemd and uses systemctl, but also depends on the init script, which is a combination that no longer works: diff -Nru fetchmail-6.6.2/debian/changelog fetchmail-6.6.2/debian/changelog --- fetchmail-6.6.2/debian/changelog 2026-02-07 18:13:27.000000000 +0000 +++ fetchmail-6.6.2/debian/changelog 2026-02-27 00:04:14.000000000 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +fetchmail (6.6.2-2.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Remove 'service' autopkgtest, as systemd no longer supports init scripts + (Closes: #1129075) + + -- Luca Boccassi <[email protected]> Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:04:14 +0000 + fetchmail (6.6.2-2) unstable; urgency=medium * Backport upstream fix for autopkgtest failure with Python 3.14 diff -Nru fetchmail-6.6.2/debian/tests/control fetchmail-6.6.2/debian/tests/control --- fetchmail-6.6.2/debian/tests/control 2025-10-06 18:43:30.000000000 +0100 +++ fetchmail-6.6.2/debian/tests/control 2026-02-27 00:03:53.000000000 +0000 @@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ Depends: @ Restrictions: -Tests: service -Depends: @, systemd-sysv -Restrictions: needs-root, allow-stderr - Tests: operation Depends: @, sudo, python3 Restrictions: needs-root, allow-stderr diff -Nru fetchmail-6.6.2/debian/tests/service fetchmail-6.6.2/debian/tests/service --- fetchmail-6.6.2/debian/tests/service 2020-02-15 19:08:47.000000000 +0000 +++ fetchmail-6.6.2/debian/tests/service 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,13 +0,0 @@ -#!/bin/sh - -############################### -### Check fetchmail service ### -############################### - -set -e - -echo "Checking fetchmail service is enabled" -systemctl is-enabled fetchmail.service - -echo "Checking fetchmail service is active" -systemctl is-active fetchmail.service
