Source: automake-1.16 Version: 1:1.16.5-1.3 Severity: important User: [email protected] Usertags: flaky X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected] Control: affects -1 + src:glib2.0
It seems that the automake test suite is intermittently failing when run on the autopkgtest infrastructure. This means that when packages that are depended on by the test suite, such as glib2.0, python3-defaults and vala, are trying to migrate to testing, the test will randomly pass or fail, causing those packages to be detected as having caused a regression when in fact they have not. For example, at the moment glib2.0's migration is being prevented by a failure on s390x, but the same test failure has also been seen on amd64 when testing new versions of cscope and python-docutils: https://ci.debian.net/packages/a/automake-1.16/testing/s390x/ https://ci.debian.net/packages/a/automake-1.16/testing/amd64/ The fact that this is happening on both those architectures and while testing several different proposed packages makes me think that this is unlikely to be architecture-specific or a package-specific regression: those particular builds were probably just unlucky. The failure is logged as something like this: 3320s FAIL: t/subobj.sh ... 4110s ============================================================================ 4110s Testsuite summary for GNU Automake 1.16.5 4110s ============================================================================ ... 4110s # FAIL: 1 The relevant part of testsuite.log from one such failing build is quoted below. I don't know automake's test suite well enough to know what is going wrong here. smcv --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FAIL: t/subobj ============== Running from installcheck: no Test Protocol: none PATH = /tmp/autopkgtest-lxc.vbvr0hhv/downtmp/build.8GT/src/bin:/tmp/autopkgtest-lxc.vbvr0hhv/downtmp/build.8GT/src/t/ax:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games ++ pwd /tmp/autopkgtest-lxc.vbvr0hhv/downtmp/build.8GT/src/t/subobj.dir + cat + aclocal-1.16 -Werror + : + cat + mkdir sub + cat + AUTOMAKE_fails + AUTOMAKE_run -e 1 + am__desc= + am__exp_rc=0 + test 2 -gt 0 + case $1 in + am__exp_rc=1 + shift + shift + test 0 -gt 0 + am__got_rc=0 + automake-1.16 --foreign -Werror -Wall + am__got_rc=1 + cat stderr automake-1.16: warnings are treated as errors Makefile.am:3: warning: source file 'generic/a.c' is in a subdirectory, Makefile.am:3: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled automake-1.16: warning: possible forward-incompatibility. automake-1.16: At least one source file is in a subdirectory, but the 'subdir-objects' automake-1.16: automake option hasn't been enabled. For now, the corresponding output automake-1.16: object file(s) will be placed in the top-level directory. However, this automake-1.16: behavior may change in a future Automake major version, with object automake-1.16: files being placed in the same subdirectory as the corresponding sources. automake-1.16: You are advised to start using 'subdir-objects' option throughout your automake-1.16: project, to avoid future incompatibilities. Makefile.am:3: warning: source file 'another/z.cxx' is in a subdirectory, Makefile.am:3: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled sub/Makefile.am:1: warning: source file 'generic/b.c' is in a subdirectory, sub/Makefile.am:1: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled sub/Makefile.am:1: warning: source file 'more/r.y' is in a subdirectory, sub/Makefile.am:1: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled + cat stdout + test none = none + test 1 -eq 1 + return + grep '^Makefile\.am:3:.*'\''generic/a\.c'\''.* in a subdirectory' stderr Makefile.am:3: warning: source file 'generic/a.c' is in a subdirectory, + grep '^Makefile\.am:[34]:.*'\''another/z\.cxx'\''.* in a subdirectory' stderr Makefile.am:3: warning: source file 'another/z.cxx' is in a subdirectory, + grep '^sub/Makefile\.am:1:.*'\''generic/b\.c'\''.* in a subdirectory' stderr sub/Makefile.am:1: warning: source file 'generic/b.c' is in a subdirectory, + grep 'option '\''subdir-objects'\'' is disabled' stderr Makefile.am:3: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled Makefile.am:3: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled sub/Makefile.am:1: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled sub/Makefile.am:1: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled + for msg in "possible forward-incompatibility" "For now,.* corresponding" "advi[sc]e.* 'subdir-objects' option throughout" ++ grep -c 'possible forward-incompatibility' stderr + test 1 -eq 1 + for msg in "possible forward-incompatibility" "For now,.* corresponding" "advi[sc]e.* 'subdir-objects' option throughout" ++ grep -c 'For now,.* corresponding' stderr + test 1 -eq 1 + for msg in "possible forward-incompatibility" "For now,.* corresponding" "advi[sc]e.* 'subdir-objects' option throughout" ++ grep -c 'advi[sc]e.* '\''subdir-objects'\'' option throughout' stderr + test 1 -eq 1 + grep 'subdir-object([^s]|$)' stderr + automake-1.16 --foreign -Werror -Wall -Wno-unsupported + echo AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = subdir-objects + AUTOMAKE_fails + AUTOMAKE_run -e 1 + am__desc= + am__exp_rc=0 + test 2 -gt 0 + case $1 in + am__exp_rc=1 + shift + shift + test 0 -gt 0 + am__got_rc=0 + automake-1.16 --foreign -Werror -Wall + am__got_rc=1 + cat stderr automake-1.16: warnings are treated as errors sub/Makefile.am:1: warning: source file 'generic/b.c' is in a subdirectory, sub/Makefile.am:1: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled automake-1.16: warning: possible forward-incompatibility. automake-1.16: At least one source file is in a subdirectory, but the 'subdir-objects' automake-1.16: automake option hasn't been enabled. For now, the corresponding output automake-1.16: object file(s) will be placed in the top-level directory. However, this automake-1.16: behavior may change in a future Automake major version, with object automake-1.16: files being placed in the same subdirectory as the corresponding sources. automake-1.16: You are advised to start using 'subdir-objects' option throughout your automake-1.16: project, to avoid future incompatibilities. sub/Makefile.am:1: warning: source file 'more/r.y' is in a subdirectory, sub/Makefile.am:1: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled + cat stdout + test none = none + test 1 -eq 1 + return + grep '^Makefile\.am' stderr + grep '^sub/Makefile\.am:.*'\''generic/b\.c'\''.* in a subdirectory' stderr sub/Makefile.am:1: warning: source file 'generic/b.c' is in a subdirectory, + grep 'option '\''subdir-objects'\'' is disabled' stderr sub/Makefile.am:1: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled sub/Makefile.am:1: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled + sed 's/^AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE/&([subdir-objects])/' configure.ac + mv -f configure.tmp configure.ac + aclocal-1.16 -Werror --force + automake-1.16 --foreign -Werror -Wall automake-1.16: warnings are treated as errors sub/Makefile.am:1: warning: source file 'generic/b.c' is in a subdirectory, sub/Makefile.am:1: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled automake-1.16: warning: possible forward-incompatibility. automake-1.16: At least one source file is in a subdirectory, but the 'subdir-objects' automake-1.16: automake option hasn't been enabled. For now, the corresponding output automake-1.16: object file(s) will be placed in the top-level directory. However, this automake-1.16: behavior may change in a future Automake major version, with object automake-1.16: files being placed in the same subdirectory as the corresponding sources. automake-1.16: You are advised to start using 'subdir-objects' option throughout your automake-1.16: project, to avoid future incompatibilities. sub/Makefile.am:1: warning: source file 'more/r.y' is in a subdirectory, sub/Makefile.am:1: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled + am_exit_trap 1 + exit_status=1 + set +e + cd /tmp/autopkgtest-lxc.vbvr0hhv/downtmp/build.8GT/src + test none = tap + case $am_explicit_skips in + test 1 -eq 0 + keep_testdirs=yes + am_keeping_testdirs + case $keep_testdirs in + return 0 + set +x FAIL t/subobj.sh (exit status: 1)
