[request-tracker-maintainers] Bug#1074781: request-tracker5/4: autopkgtests don't work directly with new MariaDB 11.4

[Andrew Ruthven]

On Wed, 2024-07-03 at 18:54 +1200, Andrew Ruthven wrote:
> On Tue, 2024-07-02 at 18:31 -0700, otto at debian.org wrote:
> > In MariaDB 11.4 the 'mysql' naming in filenames has shifted towards
> > 'mariadb'.
> > Hence the request-tracker5 (both version 5 and 4) autopkgtests are
> > currently
> > failing, but the reason is a bit unclear.

The issue isn't related to the mariadb package changing (the tests use
SQLite), but rather that occasionally some of the tests fail. Looking at the
failing tests in https://ci.debian.net/packages/r/request-tracker5 across
various different triggers, they appear to be the same (or a similar) set of
tests. But they fail intermittently.

I have a feeling there is a race condition in the tests, but, they should be
running independently with their own server and database.

More investigation required.

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