On Fri Feb 20, 2026 at 9:39 AM CET, Pratik Farkase via lists.openembedded.org 
wrote:
> Backport ptest implementation from master branch to enable comprehensive
> testing of libarchive functionality in the scarthgap release.
>
> Changes include:
> - Inherit ptest class and add ptest support infrastructure
> - Add run-ptest script to execute all 5 test suites:
>   * libarchive_test (698 tests)
>   * bsdtar_test (74 tests)
>   * bsdcpio_test (49 tests)
>   * bsdcat_test (18 tests)
>   * bsdunzip_test (24 tests)
> - Install test binaries, test data files, and reference files
> - Add bash and locale-base-en-us to RDEPENDS for ptest execution
> - Enable nettle in PACKAGECONFIG for ZIP encryption/decryption support
>
> The nettle addition is critical for test compatibility - without it,
> the test_P_encryption test fails with "Decryption is unsupported due
> to lack of crypto library". With nettle enabled, all 840+ tests pass
> successfully.
>
> Testing on qemux86-64:
> - All test suites: PASS
>
> This backport ensures the scarthgap branch has the same comprehensive
> test coverage as master, improving quality assurance and catching
> regressions early.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pratik Farkase <[email protected]>

Hello,

I'm sorry but we decided that standalone tests like this one are not
acceptable for stable inclusion.

For more detail, see "Clarification on ptest/selftest backports for stable 
branches"
https://lore.kernel.org/openembedded-core/[email protected]/T/#u

Regards,
-- 
Yoann Congal
Smile ECS

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