Bug#713378: get-flash-videos: FTBFS: dh_auto_test: make -j1 test returned exit code 2

[Damyan Ivanov]

-=| gregor herrmann, 23.06.2013 13:33:41 +0200 |=-
> On Sun, 23 Jun 2013 08:41:20 +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> 
> > > Works fine here (sid cowbuilder amd64 without internet access).
> 
> > Actually I can reproduce it if I *allow* network connection. setting
> > the policy for iptables for OUTPUT to DROP the above indeed gives for
> > the test "We don't appear to have an internet connection". But if
> > network connection is allowed, the failure reported by Lucas is
> > reproducible.
> 
> Oh, that's a nice finding, thanks!

I wonder how should we fix this.

On one hand, network reaching tests are "no-no".

On the other, thanks to this test we know there is a problem fetching 
google videos.

I have a patch disabling the test if NO_NETWORK is found in the 
environment. The downside is that it would paper over the google 
videos problem.

What do others think?