On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 at 19:25, Paul Gevers <[email protected]> wrote:

> I looked at the results of the autopkgtest of your package. I noticed
> that it regularly fails, at least on s390x. I triggered 5 runs and 2
> failed. I hope I copy/pasted the relevant part below.

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> https://ci.debian.net/packages/c/chkrootkit/testing/s390x/74480411/

> 532s Missing: ^Checking `sshd'\.\.\.
>       INFECTED but disabled$

> 532s *** Unexpected (unmatched) lines follow (for info):
> 532s Checking `sshd'...                                          INFECTED

I think what is happening is that a running (and unrelated) sshd is
sometimes visible from the testbed and sometimes not (which influences
the output). The autopkgtest wrongly assumed it would be consistent .
i assume different test runners have different settings and that's why
it looks flaky

But i think there's some other issue that needs a bit more
investigating by me (i will loook in the next 2 weeks):
- how can sshd ever be visible from the testbed?
- why doesnt the following test with -q fail in the same way.
- (is the upstream code for seeing if sshd is running correct? )

(nb - add a "ps ax" to the info section at the start of the test to
have more info about the testbed!)

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