On Tue, Jun 23, 2026 at 10:32:45AM +0200, Christoph Schmidt-Hieber wrote:
> Dear Adrian,
>
> this bug has already been fixed in 0.17.1-2, which is waiting for sponsorship
> on Debian mentors.
>
> https://mentors.debian.net/package/stimfit/
>
> The failing test tried to run `stimfit --help`, which initializes the wx/GTK
> application and therefore fails in the headless ci.debian.net environment.
>...
This could be fixed by running inside xvfb-run.
The bigger problem is that "stimfit -h" returns 255,
which is likely the reason why "|| true" was added,
which would make the test pass despite certain errors.
If "stimfit -h" would return 0, then
xvfb-run -a stimfit -h
should work as autopkgtest.[1]
> Best wishes,
> Christoph
cu
Adrian
[1] needs a xvfb test dependency, and might also need an allow-stderr
autopkgtest restriction
