On 08/21/2017 10:27 AM, Philipp Kern wrote: > On 08/21/2017 10:11 AM, Andreas Henriksson wrote: >> The util-linux test-suite detects (intermittent) problems when running >> on buildds hosted at ARM Ltd. The issue has been investigated and >> also discussed with responsible people via #debian-arm. Unfortunately >> no solution in sight (as it seems the responsible people lost interest >> in investigating what's happening at their end). >> >> I'm thus asking you to please blacklist all ARM Ltd hosted buildds >> (for all (arm*) architectures) for building the util-linux package. >> >> Once that's done please consider closing #872635 which contains some >> additional info about this problem about the issue. >> >> Right now I'm relying on give-backs and praying it doesn't end up >> on ARM Ltd hosted or the doesn't trigger this build. It's annoying >> and time-wasting. Unfortunately I don't have enough spare time or >> motivation to continue enduring this. > > I guess two other options would be: > > a) Disable outbound network access altogether (likely hard) > or > b) Blackhole a.root-servers.net with a host firewall rule so that the > test gets skipped > > I suppose DSA wouldn't be overly happy to do the latter but maybe it > could be a compromise? > Is there any more information on the issue beyond what's in the bug? Is it reproducible on abel? How intermittent is it?
Cheers, Julien
