[debian-mysql] Bug#1059904: mariadb autopkgtest "upstream" is flaky, time sink

[Otto Kekäläinen]

Summary of current status of https://ci.debian.net/packages/m/mariadb/

## ppc64el

Last passed in https://ci.debian.net/packages/m/mariadb/testing/ppc64el/40870773/
where 1048 tests were successful:
MariaDB: 1:10.6.11-1
kernel: Linux 6.5.0-0.deb12.4-powerpc64le

The log above includes 4 variants of main.innodb_ext_key passing.


Later we see:

Completed: Failed 8/1053 tests, 99.24% were successful.
Failing test(s): main.innodb_ext_key main.stat_tables_innodb
main.xa_prepared_binlog_off

Completed: Failed 11/1055 tests, 98.96% were successful.
Failing test(s): main.innodb_ext_key main.subselect_sj2_jcl6

Completed: Failed 3/1050 tests, 99.71% were successful.
Failing test(s): main.innodb_ext_key

Completed: Failed 2/1049 tests, 99.81% were successful.
Failing test(s): main.innodb_ext_key

Completed: Failed 3/1050 tests, 99.71% were successful.
Failing test(s): main.xa_prepared_binlog_off

Completed: Failed 10/1054 tests, 99.05% were successful.
Failing test(s): main.innodb_ext_key main.subselect

MariaDB: 1:10.6.11-1
kernel: Linux 6.5.0-0.deb12.4-powerpc64le

In https://ci.debian.net/packages/m/mariadb/testing/ppc64el/40894691/ we see:

Completed: All 1048 tests were successful.
Errors/warnings were found in logfiles during server shutdown after running the
following sequence(s) of tests:
main.long_unique_bugs
183 tests were skipped, 76 by the test itself.

The test emitted a MariaDB crash:

main.long_unique_bugs 'innodb' w1 [ pass ] 324
14:51:15 [ERROR] mysqld got signal 11 ;
Attempting backtrace. You can use the following information to find out

Since 2023-12-18 16:13:06 UTC the test has failed to even start.


The ppc64el logs have crashes and most likely due to
https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-30728, in particular the
main.innodb_ext_key one.