Bug#1126368: gdm3: autopkgtest depends sssd which isn't in testing

[Paul Gevers]

Hi,

On 1/25/26 16:52, Jeremy Bicha wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2026 at 10:49 AM Paul Gevers <elbrus at debian.org> wrote:
>> Once the test is removed, I suspect it might be forgotten to be added
>> back once sssd is in testing again.
> 
> I wonder what (the deprecated) Restrictions: skip-not-installable
> would do for a test dependency that is in unstable but not in testing.
> I guess it wouldn't work.


It would feature that the test with the test dependency on sssd is 
skipped when a migration-reference/0 is executed and is actually run 
when a test runs to check regressions. If the test with sssd starts to 
fail (e.g. because sssd has issues), than every package that triggers a 
test of gdm3 will get "blamed". If sssd becomes not-installable together 
with gdm3 (e.g. because of a Breaks), the test gets skipped again.

So, it would work in the current situation, but it would hide future 
issues with installability. As a *temporary*, I think it's an option 
that's not insane.

Paul

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