Re: Cannot get autopkgtest tests to run using gbp buildpackage

[Joël Krähemann <jkraehemann@gmail.com>]

Hi,

For my package I use lxc:

autopkgtest-build-lxc debian sid
autopkgtest gsequencer_3.0.0~alpha3-1.dsc -- lxc -e autopkgtest-sid

best regards,
Joël

On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 1:49 AM A. Lewenberg <deb251@lewenberg.com> wrote:
>
> I use "gbp buildpackage" to build my Debian packages. I am trying to add
> autopkgtest tests to the source packages, but the autopkgtest tests do
> not run.
>
> To test the process I created a minimal Debian source package containing
> a single file and a single test in debian/tests that always fails. When
> I run "gbp buildpackage" I see nothing in the output that the test in
> debian/tests was run let alone failed.
>
> Here are the relevant files:
>
> %%%% debian/rules
> #!/usr/bin/make -f
>
> %:
>          dh $@
>
>
> %%%% debian/control
> Source: myapp
> Section: unknown
> Priority: optional
> Maintainer: John Doe <johndoe@example.com>
> Build-Depends: debhelper (>=11~), autopkgtest
> Standards-Version: 4.1.4
> Testsuite: autopkgtest
>
> Package: myapp
> Architecture: any
> Multi-Arch: foreign
> Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
> Description: auto-generated package by debmake
>   This Debian binary package was auto-generated by the
>   debmake(1) command provided by the debmake package.
>
>
> %%%% debian/tests/control
> Tests: fred
>
> %%%% debian/tests/fred
> #!/bin/sh
> exit 255
>