Bug#1035983: libsoap3 (and libsoap2) autopkgtests are flaky: Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 127.0.0.1:47524

[Luca Boccassi]

Control: severity -1 grave

On Mon, 2 Dec 2024 15:51:14 +0300 Michael Tokarev <mjt at tls.msk.ru>
wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Sep 2024 07:46:28 -0400 Jeremy Bícha
<jeremy.bicha at canonical.com> wrote:
> 
> > For reference, it looks like the autopkgtests are not failing so
> > frequently as to be especially problematic.
> 
> I re-scheduled libsoap3 autopkgtest on s390x 2 times in a row for
current samba-triggered run.
> It failed again.  Should I keep re-scheduling it until success?
> 
> Note there are 6 failures like this just in the single last attempt:
> https://ci.debian.net/packages/libs/libsoup3/testing/s390x/54980275/
> 
> Hmm..

Same experience with src:systemd uploads.

RT says that flaky autopkgtest are RC, so raising severity accordingly.
Restrictions: flaky could also be added if the tests can't be fixed, as
a quick bandaid.