autopkgtest autopkgtest fails on xenial when run under autopkgtest

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

This fixes it, going to upload.

commit cbac10742cc44d66c82ee9776157273a5cce7a59
Author: Martin Pitt <email address hidden>
Date: Tue May 31 23:42:47 2016 +0200

    Fix ChrootRunner.test_setup_commands_string when ran recursively

    Commit a94e5ac42 exported $ADT_NORMAL_USER to tests. So remove it from the
    environment for the this test as it otherwise breaks it when we run our own
    tests through autopkgtest.

diff --git a/tests/adt-run b/tests/adt-run
index fc7e7c0..1f870a0 100755
--- a/tests/adt-run
+++ b/tests/adt-run
@@ -1638,13 +1638,19 @@ Restrictions: needs-root
         p = self.build_src('Tests: pass\nDepends:\nRestrictions: needs-root\n',
                            {'pass': '#!/bin/sh -e\n[ -x /bin/cp_cp ]; cat /setup.log\n'})

- # not expecting a normal user for chroot
+ # not expecting a normal user for chroot; but filter out any
+ # $ADT_NORMAL_USER from *our* environment
+ env = os.environ.copy()
+ try:
+ del env['ADT_NORMAL_USER']
+ except KeyError:
+ pass
         (code, out, err) = self.runtest(['-B', '--unbuilt-tree=' + p,
                                          '--setup-commands', '[ -z $ADT_NORMAL_USER ];'
                                          'sleep 3; cp /bin/cp /bin/cp_cp; '
                                          'echo setup_success > /setup.log',
                                          '--setup-commands', 'cp /bin/cp /bin/cp_cp',
- '--timeout-short=1', '--timeout-copy=1'])
+ '--timeout-short=1', '--timeout-copy=1'], env=env)
         # test should succeed
         self.assertEqual(code, 0, err)
         self.assertRegex(out, 'pass\s+PASS', out)

It's there

Hello Dimitri, or anyone else affected,

Accepted autopkgtest into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/autopkgtest/3.20.4ubuntu1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

As part of a recent change in the Stable Release Update verification policy we would like to inform that for a bug to be considered verified for a given release a verification-done-$RELEASE tag needs to be added to the bug where $RELEASE is the name of the series the package that was tested (e.g. verification-done-xenial). Please note that the global 'verification-done' tag can no longer be used for this purpose.

Thank you!

SRU verification for Xenial:
I have reproduced the problem with autopkgtest 3.20.4 in xenial and have verified that the version of autopkgtest 3.20.4ubuntu1 in -proposed fixes the issue.

Marking as verification-done

The verification of the Stable Release Update for autopkgtest has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

This bug was fixed in the package autopkgtest - 3.20.4ubuntu1

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autopkgtest (3.20.4ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * tests/adt-run: Filter out $ADT_NORMAL_USER from the chroot tests; we don't
    want this set when testing autopkgtest from within autopkgtest. Fixes a
    test failure when running our own autopkgtests. Cherry-pick of upstream
    commit cbac10742cc44d66c82ee9776157273a5cce7a59 (LP: #1686082)

 -- Iain Lane <email address hidden> Tue, 25 Apr 2017 15:13:21 +0100