Bug#1008759: apt: autopkgtest needs update for new version of dpkg: Testcase test-apt-tagfile-fields-order failed

[Paul Gevers]

Source: apt
Version: 2.4.3
Severity: serious
X-Debbugs-CC: d...@packages.debian.org
Tags: sid bookworm
User: debian...@lists.debian.org
Usertags: needs-update
Control: affects -1 src:dpkg

Dear maintainer(s),



                       pass            fail
dpkg                   from testing    1.21.6
apt                    from testing    2.4.3
all others             from testing    from testing

I copied some of the output at the bottom of this report.





More information about this bug and the reason for filing it can be found on
https://wiki.debian.org/ContinuousIntegration/RegressionEmailInformation

Paul

[1] https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?package=dpkg

https://ci.debian.net/data/autopkgtest/testing/amd64/a/apt/20465752/log.gz

(68/287) Testcase test-apt-tagfile-fields-order: -Class
-Conffiles
-Config-Version
-MSDOS-Filename
-Optional
-Original-Maintainer
-Package-Revision
-Package_Revision
-Recommended
-Revision
-SHA512
-Status
+Static-Built-Using
-Triggers-Awaited
-Triggers-Pending
FAIL
Check that apt knows all fields dpkg orders in Packages … FAIL
-Class
-Filename
-MD5sum
-MSDOS-Filename
-Optional
-Original-Maintainer
-Package-Revision
-Package_Revision
-Recommended
-Revision
-SHA1
-SHA256
-SHA512
-Size
+Static-Built-Using
Check that apt knows all fields dpkg orders in status … -Class
-Conffiles
-Config-Version
-Filename
-MD5sum
-MSDOS-Filename
-Optional
-Original-Maintainer
-Package-Revision
-Package_Revision
-Recommended
-Revision
-SHA1
-SHA256
-SHA512
-Size
-Status
+Static-Built-Using
-Triggers-Awaited
-Triggers-Pending
Check that apt knows all fields dpkg orders in DEBIAN/control … FAIL
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Running test-apt-tagfile-fields-order -> FAILED

With a recent upload of dpkg the autopkgtest of apt fails in testing when that autopkgtest is run with the binary packages of dpkg from unstable. It passes when run with only packages from testing. In tabular form: Currently this regression is blocking the migration of dpkg to testing [1]. Of course, dpkg shouldn't just break your autopkgtest (or even worse, your package), but it seems to me that the change in dpkg was intended and your package needs to update to the new situation. If this is a real problem in your package (and not only in your autopkgtest), the right binary package(s) from dpkg should really add a versioned Breaks on the unfixed version of (one of your) package(s). Note: the Breaks is nice even if the issue is only in the autopkgtest as it helps the migration software to figure out the right versions to combine in the tests.

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