[pkg-lxc-devel] Bug#958407: lxc-tests: Allow lxc as an autopkgtest backend

[Pierre-Elliott Bécue]

Le mercredi 22 avril 2020 à 00:08:37+0900, Ryutaroh Matsumoto a écrit :
> Package: lxc-tests
> Version: 1:4.0.2-1~1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> Only qemu-kvm is allowed as an autopkgtest backend of LXC, as
> debian/tests/control has the following line:
> Restrictions: needs-root allow-stderr isolation-machine
> 
> On the other hand, debian/tests/control skips tests that cannot
> be executed in a container as
> 
>     # Skip some tests when running in a container
>     if [ -f /run/container_type ] || (type systemd-detect-virt >/dev/null 2>&1 && systemd-detect-virt  --container >/dev/null 2>&1); then
>         [ "$testbin" = "/usr/bin/lxc-test-apparmor" ] && \
>             ignore "$STRING" && continue
> 
>         [ "$testbin" = "/usr/bin/lxc-test-device-add-remove" ] && \
>             ignore "$STRING" && continue
> 
>         [ "$testbin" = "/usr/bin/lxc-test-reboot" ] && \
>             ignore "$STRING" && continue
>     fi
> 
> So, please consider to allow lxc as an autopkgtest backend of lxc itself.

The more tests autopkgtest runs the better. If I put isolation-container
instead of isolation-machine, the tests would be allowed to run in
either a VM or a container, which could mean running less tests.

Do you see a good reason to allow testing to be run in a container
istead of a VM?

-- 
Pierre-Elliott Bécue
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