I did that at some point, but it regressed other autopkgtest testcases, so I had to revert:
autopkgtest (5.45) unstable; urgency=medium [ Paride Legovini ] * Do not turn test deps from package under test into versioned deps. This reverts the change mentioned to fix #1052119 in version 5.44. See also https://salsa.debian.org/ci- team/autopkgtest/-/merge_requests/483. That is still something I'd like to fix, but it's a hairy problem. On your specific case here, I'd like to understand why those packages are being held back. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #1052119 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1052119 ** Also affects: autopkgtest (Debian) via https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1052119 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Canonical's Ubuntu QA, which is subscribed to autopkgtest in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: ubuntu-qa-bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2121793 Title: autopkgtest does not check the installed version Status in autopkgtest package in Ubuntu: New Status in autopkgtest package in Debian: Unknown Bug description: The unmkinitramfs autopkgtest for initramfs-tools/0.150ubuntu1 failed with "3cpio: not found". What? That is a new dependency that I declared. Then I started debugging until I looked for the installation of initramfs-tools-core this: ``` 179s The following packages will be REMOVED: 179s systemd-resolved-dnssec 179s The following packages have been kept back: 179s initramfs-tools initramfs-tools-core ``` Full log: https://objectstorage.prodstack5.canonical.com/swift/v1/AUTH_0f9aae918d5b4744bf7b827671c86842/autopkgtest- questing/questing/amd64/i/initramfs- tools/20250828_194325_31699@/log.gz Can autopkgtest please check that the version of the binaries provided the the package under test matches the version of the package under test please? Otherwise it does not test what it claims to test. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/autopkgtest/+bug/2121793/+subscriptions -- 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