On 08/21/2017 10:11 AM, Andreas Henriksson wrote: > The util-linux test-suite detects (intermittent) problems when running > on buildds hosted at ARM Ltd. The issue has been investigated and > also discussed with responsible people via #debian-arm. Unfortunately > no solution in sight (as it seems the responsible people lost interest > in investigating what's happening at their end). > > I'm thus asking you to please blacklist all ARM Ltd hosted buildds > (for all (arm*) architectures) for building the util-linux package. > > Once that's done please consider closing #872635 which contains some > additional info about this problem about the issue. > > Right now I'm relying on give-backs and praying it doesn't end up > on ARM Ltd hosted or the doesn't trigger this build. It's annoying > and time-wasting. Unfortunately I don't have enough spare time or > motivation to continue enduring this. I guess two other options would be: a) Disable outbound network access altogether (likely hard) or b) Blackhole a.root-servers.net with a host firewall rule so that the test gets skipped I suppose DSA wouldn't be overly happy to do the latter but maybe it could be a compromise? Kind regards Philipp Kern
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