As I understand it the code currently fails because there is output on stderr.
But by redirecting stderr to stdout (2>&1), there will now be no output on stderr. So if we intend to detect and fail on other error output, this prevents that. -- https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-release/autopkgtest/+git/development/+merge/457169 Your team Canonical's Ubuntu QA is subscribed to branch ~ubuntu-release/autopkgtest/+git/development:master. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~canonical-ubuntu-qa Post to : canonical-ubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~canonical-ubuntu-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp