[Bug 2032532] Re: cron autopkgtest failure on armhf

[Bryce Harrington]

I've run the following triggers against the package:

https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/request.cgi?release=mantic&arch=armhf&package=cron&trigger=cron%2F3.0pl1-163ubuntu1&trigger=taningia%2F0.2.2-2build1&trigger=libinfinity%2F0.7.2-1build2&trigger=dracut%2F059-4ubuntu1&trigger=exim4%2F4.96-17ubuntu1&trigger=postgresql-15%2F15.4-1ubuntu1&trigger=gtk4%2F4.12.0%2Bds-1ubuntu1&trigger=ismrmrd%2F1.8.0-2build1&trigger=binutils%2F2.41-4ubuntu1&trigger=cataclysm-
dda%2F0.G-4&trigger=pango1.0%2F1.51.0%2Bds-2&trigger=systemd%2F253.5-1ubuntu2&trigger=openzwave%2F1.6.1914%2Bds-1build1&trigger=slic3r-prusa%2F2.6.0%2Bdfsg-2&trigger=util-
linux%2F2.39.1-4ubuntu1&trigger=ncbi-
igblast%2F1.19.0-1build1&trigger=mdadm%2F4.2%2B20230508-6ubuntu1&trigger=dante%2F1.4.2%2Bdfsg-7build8&trigger=check%2F0.15.2-2build1&trigger=libdkim%2F1%3A1.0.21-4build4

https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/request.cgi?release=mantic&arch=armhf&package=cron&trigger=cron%2F3.0pl1-163ubuntu1&trigger=exim4%2F4.96-17ubuntu1&trigger=util-
linux%2F2.39.1-4ubuntu1&trigger=mdadm%2F4.2%2B20230508-6ubuntu1&trigger=libdkim%2F1%3A1.0.21-4build4

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Title:
  cron autopkgtest failure on armhf

Status in cron package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in exim4 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The cron autopkgtests fail on armhf when run with exim4, blocking the
  latest exim4 merge's migration:

  https://code.launchpad.net/~bryce/ubuntu/+source/exim4/+git/exim4/+merge/448540
  https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/packages/c/cron/mantic/armhf
  https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/results/autopkgtest-mantic/mantic/armhf/c/cron/20230821_121833_8b636@/log.gz

  1824s autopkgtest [07:59:06]: test check-listings-protection: [-----------------------
  1826s +---------------------------------+
  1826s |  Here we are testing the patch  |
  1826s |  features/protect-list.patch    |
  1826s +---------------------------------+
  1826s ================= adding user 'dummy' =====================
  1826s info: Adding user `dummy' ...
  1826s logger: send message failed: Invalid argument
  1826s info: Selecting UID/GID from range 1000 to 59999 ...
  1826s logger: send message failed: Invalid argument
  1826s info: Adding new group `dummy' (1001) ...
  1826s logger: send message failed: Invalid argument
  1826s info: Adding new user `dummy' (1001) with group `dummy (1001)' ...
  1826s logger: send message failed: Invalid argument
  1826s info: Creating home directory `/home/dummy' ...
  1826s logger: send message failed: Invalid argument
  1826s info: Copying files from `/etc/skel' ...
  1826s logger: send message failed: Invalid argument
  1826s info: Adding new user `dummy' to supplemental / extra groups `users' ...
  1826s logger: send message failed: Invalid argument
  1826s info: Adding user `dummy' to group `users' ...
  1826s logger: send message failed: Invalid argument
  1826s ========= Inject an obfuscated line into dummy's crontab ==============
  1827s ========== testing the crontab of user 'dummy' =============
  1827s ========= here is a hexa dump of $(crontab -u dummy -l) ====
  1827s 00000000  2a 20 2a 20 2a 20 2a 20  2a 20 3e 2f 74 6d 70 2f  |* * * * * >/tmp/|
  1827s 00000010  78 3b 0d 6e 6f 20 63 72  6f 6e 74 61 62 20 66 6f  |x;.no crontab fo|
  1827s 00000020  72 20 64 75 6d 6d 79 08  08 62 6f 0a              |r dummy..bo.|
  1827s 0000002c
  1827s +---------------------------------------------+
  1827s |  Good! characters
   and  were protected  |
  1827s +---------------------------------------------+
  1827s autopkgtest [07:59:09]: test check-listings-protection: -----------------------]

  1831s check-listings-protection FAIL stderr: logger: send message failed: Invalid argument
  1831s autopkgtest [07:59:13]: test check-listings-protection:  - - - - - - - - - - stderr - - - - - - - - - -
  1831s logger: send message failed: Invalid argument
  1831s logger: send message failed: Invalid argument
  1831s logger: send message failed: Invalid argument
  1831s logger: send message failed: Invalid argument
  1831s logger: send message failed: Invalid argument
  1831s logger: send message failed: Invalid argument
  1831s logger: send message failed: Invalid argument

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