[Debconf-devel] Bug#1111143: Request to enable to autopkgtest

[Shivanand.Kunijadar at toshiba-tsip.com]

Hello Colin, 

Thanks for the quick reply.

> While I think it would be good to have autopkgtests, the tests aren't currently the sorts of things that you can run automatically and get pass/fail responses; they're more like sample code that one can >experiment with manually.  So this is not particularly easy.

Ah, I see, thank you the information. 

Before creating debian bug, we tried running these test cases locally in a Debian PC, however faced few issues.
In order to solve the issues, we made some test code changes and pushed them to a branch[1].  

But not sure whether the test code changes [2] are really necessary or Are we missing anything while running test cases? 
So, we need your help to understand this, so could you please have a look at the changes and provide comments/suggestions.  

The test cases are passed with the above changes and also added additional files (debian/tests/control, debian/tests/unit) for autopkgtest and confirmed the test cases works fine in the autopkgtest environment[3].

Please note all the test code changes are pushed in a single commit as of now, we will revise this further. 

[1]  https://salsa.debian.org/kshivanand/debconf/-/commits/shiva/update-test-code 
[2] https://salsa.debian.org/kshivanand/debconf/-/commit/4442da5f7bf50b1a56c4dd443d8847a3bddceb54
[3] https://salsa.debian.org/kshivanand/debconf/-/commit/6b2eb85120442a4970042d3637d5e5848498ac04 

Thanks & Regards
Shivanand K

-----Original Message-----
From: Colin Watson <cjwatson at debian.org> 
Sent: 15 August 2025 13:31
To: kunijadar shivanand(ＴＳＩＰ DITC_DIT-OST) <Shivanand.Kunijadar at toshiba-tsip.com>; 1111143 at bugs.debian.org
Cc: debconf-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org; dinesh kumar(ＴＳＩＰ DITC_DIT-OST) <dinesh.kumar at toshiba-tsip.com>; balakumar adithya(ＴＳＩＰ ＤＩＴＣ＿ＤＩＴ-ＯＳＴ) <Adithya.Balakumar at toshiba-tsip.com>; sanglikar zaiba(ＴＳＩＰ TEUR) <Zaiba.Sanglikar at toshiba-tsip.com>; sahithi akunuri(ＴＳＩＰ TEUR) <akunuri.sahithi at toshiba-tsip.com>
Subject: Re: Bug#1111143: Request to enable to autopkgtest

On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 05:59:26AM +0000, Shivanand.Kunijadar at toshiba-tsip.com wrote:
>   I noticed that there are some tests[1] defined for the package in the
>   debian salsa repository.
>
>   would it be possible to enable autopkgtest and run these test cases as
>   part of autopkgtest?
>
>   if possible, could you please consider the same.

While I think it would be good to have autopkgtests, the tests aren't currently the sorts of things that you can run automatically and get pass/fail responses; they're more like sample code that one can experiment with manually.  So this is not particularly easy.

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Colin Watson (he/him)                              [cjwatson at debian.org]