Package: autopkgtest Version: 5.44 Severity: normal autopkgtest started failing to start tests today. Previously it was able to launch tests.
I'm launching tests using autopkgtest-virt-null, as autopkgtest -B -- null The new error comes from add_apt_preference. I haven't (knowingly) changed any apt configuration. Tests for any package are affected the same way. For example, trying to launch tests for pyfftw: $ autopkgtest -B -- null autopkgtest [15:45:57]: starting date and time: 2025-02-14 15:45:57+0100 autopkgtest [15:45:57]: version 5.44 autopkgtest [15:45:57]: host sandy; command line: /usr/bin/autopkgtest -B -- null autopkgtest [15:45:57]: testbed dpkg architecture: amd64 autopkgtest [15:45:57]: testbed apt version: 2.9.28 autopkgtest [15:45:57]: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ test bed setup autopkgtest [15:45:57]: testbed release detected to be: None autopkgtest [15:45:57]: testbed running kernel: Linux 6.12.13-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.13-1 (2025-02-09) autopkgtest [15:45:57]: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ unbuilt-tree . autopkgtest [15:45:57]: testing package pyfftw version 0.15.0-1 autopkgtest [15:45:57]: build not needed autopkgtest [15:45:57]: test python3: preparing testbed autopkgtest [15:45:57]: ERROR: "sh -ec "$@" > "/etc/apt/preferences.d/autopkgtest-packages-under-test.pref" add_apt_preference printf %s\n Package: python3-pyfftw Pin: version 0.15.0-1 Pin-Priority: 995" failed with stderr "add_apt_preference: 1: cannot create /etc/apt/preferences.d/autopkgtest-packages-under-test.pref: Permission denied " -- System Information: Debian Release: trixie/sid APT prefers unstable-debug APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 6.12.13-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_AU:en Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages autopkgtest depends on: ii apt-utils 2.9.28 ii libdpkg-perl 1.22.15 ii mawk 1.3.4.20250131-1 ii procps 2:4.0.4-7 ii python3 3.13.1-2 ii python3-debian 0.1.49 ii python3-distro-info 1.13 ii retry 1.0.5-3 Versions of packages autopkgtest recommends: ii autodep8 0.28+nmu1 ii fakeroot 1.37-1 Versions of packages autopkgtest suggests: pn docker-cli | docker.io <none> pn docker.io <none> pn fakemachine <none> ii genisoimage 9:1.1.11-4 pn incus <none> pn lxc <none> pn lxd <none> pn ovmf <none> pn ovmf-ia32 <none> pn podman <none> pn qemu-efi-aarch64 <none> pn qemu-efi-arm <none> pn qemu-efi-riscv64 <none> pn qemu-system <none> pn qemu-utils <none> ii schroot 1.6.13-6 ii util-linux 2.40.4-3 pn vmdb2 <none> pn zerofree <none> -- no debconf information
