Bug#973336: apt: test suite dependency valgrind is not available on armel (Was: apt autopkgtest-virt-lxc failure on armel)

[Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>]

Control: retitle -1 apt: test suite dependency valgrind is not available on armel

On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 02:54:46PM +0900, Ryutaroh Matsumoto wrote:
> Source: apt
> Version: 2.1.11
> Severity: minor
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> autopkgtest-virt-lxc fails on armel as follows.
> (I used Raspberry Pi 4B running latest Debian testing).
> The LXC testbed was made by "debci -s sid -a armel".
> autopkgtest was run with -u debci -U -B.

Well valgrind is not available on armel, so the test suite
can't run as it needs valgrind for a test.

I don't think we have a sane way to express test recommends,
so while the test could be skipped if valgrind is not available,
I don't see how to make valgrind optional.

And I don't really care much for armel, really.

But patches welcome, as long as they don't hardcode a list of
architectures for valgrind in the test control file.

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