Re: [Tails-dev] Help required: test suite vs. Tor bootstrapp…

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Author: Cyril Brulebois
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To: tails-dev
CC: tails-rm
Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] Help required: test suite vs. Tor bootstrapping on buster
Cyril Brulebois <ckb@???> (2020-07-28):
> This is hindering:
>  - my general ability to test Tails;
>  - my specific ability to check locally what failed in Jenkins, namely
>    all of features/additional_software_packages.feature

>
> Looking at XMPP logs (I didn't check what's happening now) from May, and
> skipping some explanations:
> | [2020-05-05 22:59:49] kibi: I'm not seeing any HTTPS packets with the test suite
> | [2020-05-05 22:59:57] kibi: Hard to get the time if you don't ask for it, right?
> | [2020-05-05 23:29:07] kibi: not an issue when running the VM separately (on the same machine), not an issue when running the test suite on stretch (different machine), not an issue on baremetal.
> | [2020-05-05 23:29:22] kibi: I think a bug or undocumented requirement when running the test suite on buster.
>
> Any insight appreciated…
>
> Tests failing on Jenkins are a pain enough on their own, we don't need
> additional problems for developers or release managers on their local
> systems…


At the time I wrote this call for help, it felt strange not to have
filed a bug report at the time… I actually did, this is:
https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/17689


Cheers,
--
Cyril 'kibi' Brulebois (ckb@???)