Bug#929730: systemd: boot-and-services test expects first kernel log line, but not always in logs

[Michael Biebl]

Am 29.05.19 um 18:49 schrieb Dan Streetman:
> On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 12:35 PM Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> wrote:
>>
>> Am 29.05.19 um 18:19 schrieb Dan Streetman:
>>> Package: systemd
>>> Version: 241-5
>>> Severity: normal
>>> Tags: patch
>>> User: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
>>> Usertags: origin-ubuntu eoan ubuntu-patch
>>>
>>> Dear Maintainer,
>>>
>>> boot-and-services test expects the first(ish) kernel log line to be in the system logs, but that is not guaranteed to be in the logs.
>>>
>>> -- Package-specific info:
>>>
>>>
>>>   * d/t/boot-and-services:
>>>     - don't fail if some kernel msgs are missed (LP: #1830479)
>>
>>
>> Afair, this is due to the kernel ring buffer being too small (on arm64)
>> Wouldn't it be better to address that? After all, you also want early
>> boot messages when running systemd in production.
> 
> that's one reason; is systemd missing kernel messages due to no fault
> of its own really something that should fail the test case?
> 

Good question. Since Martin is our autopkgtest expert, it's probably
best to wait for his reply here.

Again, if you submit a MR via salsa, you make it a bit easier for us to
review and apply the changes.

Regards,
Michael


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