[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#857805: Bug#857805: shadow: please run the testsuite

[Bálint Réczey]

Control: forwarded -1 https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/168

Hi Chris,

Chris Lamb <lamby at debian.org> ezt írta (időpont: 2017. márc. 15., Sze, 11:45):
>
> Package: shadow
> Version: 1:4.4-4
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Hi,
>
> I notice that we aren't currently running shadow's testsuite as
> part of the package build. This seems a little risky given it's
> such a security-sensitive (!) package.
>
> I did notice the following warning in tests/README:
>
>     This testsuite is NOT SECURE: it will temporarily change your
>     passwords file with known passwords.
>
>     You should run it on a chroot, or on a secured dedicated system.
>
> ... so it's fair enough that we are not running it as part of the
> Debian package build. However, this seems like a perfect use-case
> for ci.debian.net / autopkgtest.

I have started experimenting with the tests but they are failing.
Maybe with upstream's help we can enable them for later upstream releases.

Cheers,
Balint


>
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>
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