[Bug 2067228] Re: ncurses/i386 autopkgtest failure

[Shengjing Zhu]

ncurses-bin is in base image, and is installed as ncurses-bin:amd64 in
the autopkgtest i386 image. There is no way to replace that. So IMO we
don't have infra to test ncurses-bin:i386. And all the autopkgtests in
ncurses need ncurses-bin.

I think we should ask release team to hint ncurses on i386 to force
migration. (not make sense to carry a delta just skipping the entire
test)

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Title:
  ncurses/i386 autopkgtest failure

Status in ncurses package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The i386 autopkgtests for ncurses are failing in oracular due to build
  dependency confusions.

  https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/results/autopkgtest-
  oracular/oracular/i386/n/ncurses/20240526_110804_4d872@/log.gz

  It looks like this same sort of issue occurred in noble (LP:
  #2052951), and was addressed by simply disabling the manpage-
  references subtest for i386.  It looks like ncurses 6.5-2 was sync'd
  in instead of merging with the delta, thus dropping the workaround.

  However, the log of this failure differs a bit from the prior issue,
  in that all of the subtests are failing, and the error messages are a
  bit different:


  267s autopkgtest [11:07:52]: test infocmp-dumb: preparing testbed
  268s autopkgtest [11:07:53]: ERROR: Failed to resolve build-deps for /tmp/autopkgtest.lKQ95H/3-autopkgtest-satdep.dsc; apt-get --simulate output:
  268s autopkgtest [11:07:53]: ERROR: | Note, using file '/tmp/autopkgtest.lKQ95H/3-autopkgtest-satdep.dsc' to get the build dependencies
  268s autopkgtest [11:07:53]: ERROR: | Reading package lists...
  268s autopkgtest [11:07:53]: ERROR: | Building dependency tree...
  268s autopkgtest [11:07:53]: ERROR: | Reading state information...
  268s autopkgtest [11:07:53]: ERROR: | Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
  268s autopkgtest [11:07:53]: ERROR: | requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
  268s autopkgtest [11:07:53]: ERROR: | distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
  268s autopkgtest [11:07:53]: ERROR: | or been moved out of Incoming.
  268s autopkgtest [11:07:53]: ERROR: | The following information may help to resolve the situation:
  268s autopkgtest [11:07:53]: ERROR: | 
  268s autopkgtest [11:07:53]: ERROR: | The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  268s autopkgtest [11:07:53]: ERROR: |  ncurses-bin : Conflicts: ncurses-bin:i386
  268s autopkgtest [11:07:53]: ERROR: |  ncurses-bin:i386 : Conflicts: ncurses-bin
  268s autopkgtest [11:07:53]: ERROR: | E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

  One option might be to do as in LP: #2052951, and disable all subtests
  for i386, but I wonder if there are better options to consider that
  would allow the testsuite to run?  I'm not sure I understand precisely
  what is causing the i386/amd64 confusion, but perhaps this is a known
  situation with an established way to fix it?

  If not, would it make sense to do some hackery like:

  # debian/tests/control
  Tests: manpage-references
  Restrictions: superficial
  Depends: libncurses-dev, ncurses-bin, ncurses-doc
  Architecture: !i386

  Tests: backspace-delete-keys, infocmp-dumb
  Restrictions: superficial
  Depends: ncurses-base, ncurses-bin
  Architecture: !i386

  Tests: manpage-references
  Restrictions: superficial
  Depends: libncurses-dev:i386, ncurses-bin:i386, ncurses-doc
  Architecture: i386

  Tests: backspace-delete-keys, infocmp-dumb
  Restrictions: superficial
  Depends: ncurses-base:i386, ncurses-bin:i386
  Architecture: i386

  Hopefully there's a better idea than this...?

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