Ian, On 30/08/18 09:51, Ian Campbell wrote:
> Does `nc -l -p 9090` repro the test failure perhaps? yes, of course. > Unless the tests are run in their own network namespace (which provides > some guarantees over what else might be bound to a port, I can't seem > to find logs which would confirm or deny if a netns was in use here > though) probably the test needs to use a random port or otherwise be > tollerant of 9090 not being available. Right, but this can't be done without root, and buildds do not give root. > Maybe there is (or should be) an autopkgtest flag to request a clean > netns be used? This discussion is about a FTBFS bug, not about the CI system. ALso, that would not solve the issue, as it is autopkgtest installing (and therefore starting) prometheus. -- Martín Ferrari (Tincho)