I think since all tests depend on the newns tool working, you have to disable the entire test suite (I attached a proposal patch, but didn't test it) and then test it. But you should still get confirmation from someone more knowledgable in this that what I wrote here is actually correct and that disabling the test suite is the proper way (IIRC test suites should be disabled only as a last resort, but I could be wrong here).
Regards, Dennis. P.S.: I noticed that you didn't include me nor Lucas in To: or Cc:. Remember: messages to 982...@bugs.debian.org are only sent to maintainers (you) and people who actively subscribe (rarely done), so you need to explicitly add others with To: or use X-Debbugs-CC: (preferred) to reach them reliably. Not everyone checks bug web pages, esp. release team members as they deal with /a lot/ of bugs. Read up on X-Debbugs-CC: if you haven't used it in a while.
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