On Mon, Aug 01, 2022 at 10:54:20PM +0800, Shengjing Zhu wrote: > > > The package fails tests (see log of failing test below) when run on a > > > machine with limited network (in this case: Can only reach the > > > relevant APT repository server). This is a policy violation, which > > > says that package tests must only access local resources services that > > > were also spun up by the test. This tests tries to reach > > > stun1.l.google.com though. And fails with a nil pointer dereference... > > > > I am not aware of any such policy -- can you please point me to it? > > Debian policy 4.9: > > For packages in the main archive, required targets must not attempt > network access, except, via the loopback interface, to services on the > build host that have been started by the build.
Thanks for the link. I was under the impression that network access is already forbidden in the buildd environment, and package would not build if it tries to do so -- not sure when that changed? Also I presume that this policy is only for build, and not autopkgtests? > > I've seen several packages in debian that access external URLs, and have > > never seen them as any sort of policy violation, no such bugs either. > > > > Please open bugs when you see that. There are a couple of python packages that I can think of doing so. Will open. -- Best, Nilesh
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature
