It started failing around Feb 27. It roughly coincides with https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glibc/2.19-15ubuntu2 (but that looks unlikely), the most likely candidate is the upgrade of linux from 3.18 to 3.19: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.19.0-7.7
** Description changed: As you see in the history in https://jenkins.qa.ubuntu.com/job/vivid- adt-upstart/?, upstart's test fail almost all the time, on ok 53 - with single line command writing fast and exiting not ok 54 - with single line command writing lots of data fast and exiting - wrong value for bytes, expected 3145728 got 3018027 - at tests/test_job_process.c:3886 (test_start). + wrong value for bytes, expected 3145728 got 3018027 + at tests/test_job_process.c:3886 (test_start). 1..153 FAIL: test_job_process Sometimes they succeed on one architecture, and with lots of luck on both, but this is way too flaky to be an useful test. This keeps blocking the propagation of other packages from -proposed. + + This was most likely triggered by the kernel update from 3.18 to 3.19. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1429756 Title: FTBFS: test_job_process fails in majority of cases To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1429756/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs