Hi, On 15-03-2024 3:49 p.m., Dave Jones wrote: > autopkgtest is "clever" about when it resets the testbed betweens tests, > and this is a Bad Thing (tm) when it breaks assumptions about isolation.
Ironically https://bugs.debian.org/1063533 has a request in the opposite direction... > If the tests are truly isolated, this *should* fail ... but it doesn't. > Reverse the order of the tests, and of course it does fail. Or add > another package to the Depends of the first test (so it's a superset of > the second test) and it fails. Ack. > Having spent quite some time failing to debug something, because I'd > made the faulty assumption that tests were actually isolated, this level > of "clever" is annoying and should either be removed or at least > documented, preferably in the man-page so it jumps out at me next time > I've forgotten this! Currently I'm in favor of documenting, also because I know that there are packages out there that rely on this. It does means that yes, the order of the stanza matter. Paul -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2058040 Title: autopkgtest doesn't isolate testbeds (sometimes!) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/autopkgtest/+bug/2058040/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
