Bug#860554: autopkgtest: Running autopkgtest may fail due to long path
Package: autopkgtest
Version: 4.3
Dear Maintainers,
Running autopkgtest testsuite of libdbd-mysql-perl fails on s390x due
to the long socket filename:
( From https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/autopkgtest/+bug/1680577 )
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2017-03-29T08:40:18.627231Z 0 [Warning] Failed to set up SSL because
of the following SSL library error: SSL context is not usable without
certificate and private key
2017-03-29T08:40:18.627257Z 0 [ERROR] The socket file path is too long
(> 107): /data/adttmp/autopkgtest-virt-lxc.shared.y4ui3net/downtmp/build.R3s/libdbd-mysql-perl-4.041/t/testdb/mysql.sock
2017-03-29T08:40:18.627267Z 0 [ERROR] Aborting
2017-03-29T08:40:18.627278Z 0 [Note] Binlog end
2017-03-29T08:40:18.627315Z 0 [Note] Shutting down plugin 'ngram'
2017-03-29T08:40:18.627328Z 0 [Note] Shutting down plugin 'partition'
2017-03-29T08:40:18.627337Z 0 [Note] Shutting down plugin 'BLACKHOLE'
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A few characters could be cut in the package's test itself, but the
same problem may affect many other packages and fixing the issue in
autopkgtest seems bring more benefits.
The system configuration addst the beginning of the path, but it is
not very long compared to the standard "/tmp":
"/data/adttmp/"
The test itself generates the following path inside the source
directory which is not a huge portion of the path either:
"t/testdb/mysql.sock"
Autopkgtest generates the longest part:
"autopkgtest-virt-lxc.shared.y4ui3net/downtmp/build.R3s/libdbd-mysql-perl-4.041"
I proposed a patch which cuts a few characters from the prefix by
abbreviating "autopkgtest-virt-lxc.shared.", but the source directory
for the package could also be just "src" instead of the full package
name with version especially since this can be much longer than in the
current case.
Before preparing an updated patch I wanted to ask for your opinion
regarding the path to be taken ( :-) ).
Cheers,
Balint
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Balint Reczey
Debian & Ubuntu Developer
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