On amd64 this looks to be a race between creating disk partitions and having usable devnodes created by udev (wait, check?):
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/loop12p1 2048 800767 798720 390M 83 Linux /dev/loop12p2 800768 819199 18432 9M 83 Linux The partition table has been altered. Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. Syncing disks. The file /dev/loop12p1 does not exist and no size was specified. make: *** [setup] Error 1 F: Failed to mkfs -t ext3 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1748398 Title: systemd 234-2ubuntu12.1 ADT test failure with linux 4.13.0-33.36 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1748398/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
