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Source: python-xattr
Version: 0.9.7-1
Severity: important
Tags: patch
The python-xattr autopkgtest is breaking on CI workers that use tmpfs to
back $AUTOPKGTEST_TMP.
This is currently blocking python-cffi migration due to the spurious
failure.
From tmpfs(5):
> The tmpfs filesystem supports extended attributes (see xattr(7)), but
> user extended attributes are not permitted.
https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/tmpfs.5.html
#debian-release suggests using /var/tmp instead of /tmp, which will be
backed by a real filesystem (of some sort) on ci.debian.net nodes. Patch
attached.
I also notice that upstream ships a full test suite in xattr/tests/ but
these aren't run at build time (as far as I can see) or in the
autopkgtest. They could be...
Thanks,
SR
diff --git a/debian/tests/cli b/debian/tests/cli
index 4249244..75e2043 100755
--- a/debian/tests/cli
+++ b/debian/tests/cli
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
set -e
-cd "$AUTOPKGTEST_TMP"
+cd /var/tmp
FILE="file"
NAME="user.n"
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 0.9.9-1
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