Bug#1016958: epics-base: FTBFS without network access

[Andrius Merkys]

Hello,

On 2023-02-28 12:57, Santiago Vila wrote:
> Hello. Merely trying network access is already considered RC,
> so this should really be serious.
> 
> (I would be willing to test a fix if somebody proposes one).

This particular test seems to attempt to communicate to a locally 
running server daemon. It assumes a certain executable is installed in 
$PATH, thus will always fail in build time tests. I think it is OK to 
skip the test entirely and maybe make it an autopkgtest.

On a related note, is trying network access to localhost RC?

Best,
Andrius