[Bug 2025645] [NEW] t/local/referer.t blocking forever during autopkgtests

[Danilo Egea Gondolfo]

Public bug reported:

The test file t/local/referer.t will block forever on Ubuntu's
autopkgtest runners.

There is a similar problem reported upstream a few years ago but I'm not
sure they are related. I added more details to it
https://github.com/libwww-perl/WWW-Mechanize/issues/281

referer.t will start a local webserver implemented in t/local/referer-
server. Each test will call the webserver and stop it by calling GET
/quit-server in the last test. Although, in the end, referer.t blocks on
wait(referer-server), supposedly after calling close(), but referer-
server is blocked on accept().

These tests will just work locally and are not blocking on Debian.

** Affects: libwww-mechanize-perl (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: update-excuse

** Tags added: update-excuse

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Title:
  t/local/referer.t blocking forever during autopkgtests

Status in libwww-mechanize-perl package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The test file t/local/referer.t will block forever on Ubuntu's
  autopkgtest runners.

  There is a similar problem reported upstream a few years ago but I'm
  not sure they are related. I added more details to it
  https://github.com/libwww-perl/WWW-Mechanize/issues/281

  referer.t will start a local webserver implemented in t/local/referer-
  server. Each test will call the webserver and stop it by calling GET
  /quit-server in the last test. Although, in the end, referer.t blocks
  on wait(referer-server), supposedly after calling close(), but
  referer-server is blocked on accept().

  These tests will just work locally and are not blocking on Debian.

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