Bug#842091: autopkgtest-virt-qemu: better support for read-only rootfs

2016-10-30 Thread Martin Pitt
Control: tag -1 pending Hello Simon, I added some tests to your patch and slightly tweaked the changelog (sorry for my pedantry ☺ ): http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/autopkgtest/autopkgtest.git/commit/?id=e9a0b2a07cb As far as I can see, this should be the last outstanding issue for

Bug#842091: autopkgtest-virt-qemu: better support for read-only rootfs

2016-10-28 Thread Martin Pitt
Hello Simon, Simon McVittie [2016-10-27 21:09 +0100]: > Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Add --setup-boot-commands for commands that must be > repeated every time Looks good at first glance, thanks! That will need to grow some corresponding test cases to shake out/proof corner cases. Again, I'll look at

Bug#842091: autopkgtest-virt-qemu: better support for read-only rootfs

2016-10-27 Thread Simon McVittie
On Thu, 27 Oct 2016 at 16:48:36 +0200, Martin Pitt wrote: > > Is a --per-boot-setup-commands something you'd consider? > > I guess it's either that, or a more specific option to remount root > r/w at every boot; TBH I'm not too fond of the latter, as it's a bit > too specific.

Bug#842091: autopkgtest-virt-qemu: better support for read-only rootfs

2016-10-27 Thread Martin Pitt
Hello Simon, Simon McVittie [2016-10-26 18:40 +0100]: > > Would you be okay with putting [eofcat] into /tmp instead? We wouldn't > > need another mount for this, and autopkgtest itself is already relying > > on /tmp/ carrying executable scripts as it puts autopkgtest-reboot > > (and friends)

Bug#842091: autopkgtest-virt-qemu: better support for read-only rootfs

2016-10-26 Thread Simon McVittie
On Wed, 26 Oct 2016 at 17:39:45 +0200, Martin Pitt wrote: > > Subject: [PATCH 4/6] virt-qemu: re-create eofcat on every boot > > Looks okay, but depends on and should thus be merged into patch 5. Hmm. I thought I'd structured it so that 4 can safely be applied before 5 at the cost of doing a

Bug#842091: autopkgtest-virt-qemu: better support for read-only rootfs

2016-10-26 Thread Martin Pitt
Hello Simon, Simon McVittie [2016-10-25 21:15 +0100]: > Subject: [PATCH 1/6] VirtSubproc: open arbitrary files in binary mode > Subject: [PATCH 2/6] VirtSubproc: if check_exec status is nonzero, include > Subject: [PATCH 3/6] qemu: put the shared directory in /run These are straightforward,

Bug#842091: autopkgtest-virt-qemu: better support for read-only rootfs

2016-10-25 Thread Simon McVittie
Package: autopkgtest Version: 4.1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch A project I'm currently working on uses a read-only root filesystem under normal circumstances, mounting it rw only when an upgrade is desired. This makes autopkgtest fail horribly when testing our disk images, which is (at least