Bug#958548: libtest-requiresinternet-perl: autopkgtest requires direct internet connection

[Xavier]

Le 24/04/2020 à 01:04, gregor herrmann a écrit :
> On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 21:47:12 +0200, Xavier wrote:
> 
>>>> Not sure how much point there is to the test after that though...
>>> I guess taking this route allows for more testing than completely
>>> skipping.
>> there is now a "needs-internet" restriction in autopkgtest.
> 
> Right, and thanks for mentioning it.
> 
> But I'd rather avoid this new restriction in general, as internet
> tests are per se unreliable (as they depend on "something else", like
> a server being up etc.), and in a specific file we would need to
> create a separate d/t/control and then update it whenever autodep8
> changes.
> 
> Cheers,
> gregor

Maybe something like http://paste.debian.net/1142536/ in autodep8 ?