Bug#908274: Multi-host networking software, autopkgtests

2023-01-11 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes ("Re: Multi-host networking software, autopkgtests"): > For now I'm working on an adhoc thing that uses > - Restrictions: needs-root > - overlayfs to make an editable clone of the fs provided by autopkgtest > - chroot > - ip netns > - apt-mark and apt-autoremove to get

Bug#908274: Multi-host networking software, autopkgtests

2023-01-07 Thread Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues
Quoting Ian Jackson (2023-01-07 16:35:17) > Thanks. I considered this but it seemed overkill maybe > (and it won't inherit the dependency versions selected by autopkgtest). Yes it will. When creating the chroot for the virtual machine, you use the apt sources configured by the autopkgtest runne

Bug#908274: Multi-host networking software, autopkgtests

2023-01-07 Thread Ian Jackson
Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues writes ("Re: Multi-host networking software, autopkgtests"): > there already exist a number of autopkgtest scripts that start a qemu virtual > machine and then run some script inside of it by connecting to it via ssh. > Maybe this can be helpful to you for now: Th

Bug#908274: Multi-host networking software, autopkgtests

2023-01-07 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Hi Ian, On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 04:59:58PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > Paul Gevers writes ("Re: Multi-host networking software, autopkgtests"): > > I guess this is best discussed in https://bugs.debian.org/908274 (added > > in the To)? Maybe with Wouter and other interested parties? > > Hmmm. W

Bug#908274: Multi-host networking software, autopkgtests

2023-01-07 Thread Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues
Hi, Quoting Ian Jackson (2023-01-06 17:59:58) > This all seems very complex. I definitely want to have something working > before something like that could exist. Also, I think it would be a good > idea to do something ad-hoc, ideally in a number of packages, to gain > experience so we know what

Bug#908274: Multi-host networking software, autopkgtests

2023-01-06 Thread Ian Jackson
Paul Gevers writes ("Re: Multi-host networking software, autopkgtests"): > I guess this is best discussed in https://bugs.debian.org/908274 (added > in the To)? Maybe with Wouter and other interested parties? Hmmm. Well, a way of doing this "officially" in autopkgtest would be nice. But: Think

Bug#908274: Multi-host networking software, autopkgtests

2023-01-06 Thread Paul Gevers
Hi Ian On 06-01-2023 14:09, Ian Jackson wrote: I have two packages which do vpn-like things (hippotat, secnet) which I want to add autopkgtests for. The two packages have similar kinds of requirements for their tests. Ideally, I would: * Somehow have two test nodes ("hosts") * With their