[Bug 1845157] Re: runner/autopkgtest fails to setup env with binary packages moved to another packge, and different source/binary versions

[Paul Gevers]

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #939790
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=939790

** Also affects: autopkgtest (Debian) via
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=939790
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Title:
  runner/autopkgtest fails to setup env with binary packages moved to
  another packge, and different source/binary versions

Status in autopkgtest package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in autopkgtest package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  seen at http://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/packages/b/binutils/eoan/amd64

  looks like a combination of:

  - binary packages now built from a different source package

  - source and binary package version different (here in
    binutils-mipsen).

  
  <doko> https://objectstorage.prodstack4-5.canonical.com/v1/AUTH_77e2ada1e7a84929a74ba3b87153c0ac/autopkgtest-eoan/eoan/amd64/b/binutils/20190924_072646_1d504@/log.gz
  <doko> where does this comparison come from, dpkg --compare-versions 2.32.90.20190917-0ubuntu1 lt 4~c4ubuntu1 ? 
  <doko> E: Can not find version '4~c4ubuntu1' of package 'binutils'
  <doko> E: Unable to find a source package for binutils
  <doko> that's the version of the binutils-mipsen source package, not the binutils package
  <cjwatson> I don't speak autopkgtest very well, but just from grepping that looks like:
  <cjwatson> runner/autopkgtest:472:  dpkg --compare-versions "$ver" lt "$maxver" || maxver="$ver";
  <cjwatson> (from my clone of https://salsa.debian.org/ci-team/autopkgtest)
  <doko> hmm, this looks too clever. some binary packages are now built from binutils-mipsen, and not from binutils anymore. wondering if we should just ignore these failures and see if things go green again once everything migrated?

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