For some reason, I am not able to reproduce the issue when -d is used. This comfort my suspiscion that it is a timing issue within QEMU that doesn't happen if :
1) a second qemu process is not started (only one Tests: block) 2) the second qemu process has enough time to settle (-d slowing down execution) Just a guess ** Attachment added: "two_block_run.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/autopkgtest/+bug/1583979/+attachment/4666838/+files/two_block_run.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1583979 Title: test fails randomly if two Tests: blocks are used in control files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/autopkgtest/+bug/1583979/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs