I can recreate this locally, and really the new libsdl2 seems to be the culprint.
Fine: $ sudo ~/work/autopkgtest/autopkgtest/runner/autopkgtest --no-built-binaries --apt-upgrade --shell wesnoth-1.18_1.18.3-1.dsc -- qemu --ram-size=8192 --cpus 2 ~/work/autopkgtest-plucky-amd64.img Triggers the issue (libsdl2 from proposed): $ sudo ~/work/autopkgtest/autopkgtest/runner/autopkgtest --no-built-binaries --apt-pocket=proposed=src:libsdl2 --apt-upgrade --shell wesnoth-1.18_1.18.3-1.dsc -- qemu --ram-size=8192 --cpus 2 ~/work/autopkgtest-plucky-amd64.img In those environments I can run the test directly via $ /usr/games/wesnoth-1.18 -m --controller 1:ai --controller 2:ai --nogui --nosound --noaddons --nocache -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to python3-defaults in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2089779 Title: Buffer overflow in autopkgtest of wesnoth Status in boost1.83 package in Ubuntu: New Status in libsdl2 package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in python3-defaults package in Ubuntu: New Status in wesnoth package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in wesnoth-1.18 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: https://objectstorage.prodstack5.canonical.com/swift/v1/AUTH_0f9aae918d5b4744bf7b827671c86842/autopkgtest- plucky/plucky/amd64/w/wesnoth-1.18/20241127_064901_ac814@/log.gz Repeats on reruns triggered by others. Blocks multiple migrations, atm - libsdl2 - python3-defaults - boost1.83 Unblocking all of these is surely worth it :-) I'll have a look tomorrow. 229s autopkgtest [06:48:46]: test command1: /usr/games/wesnoth-1.18 -m --controller 1:ai --controller 2:ai --nogui 229s autopkgtest [06:48:46]: test command1: [----------------------- 229s Battle for Wesnoth v1.18.3 x86_64 229s Started on Wed Nov 27 06:48:46 2024 229s 229s Automatically found a possible data directory at: /tmp/autopkgtest.kgIWzV/build.Cyz/src 229s 229s Data directory: /tmp/autopkgtest.kgIWzV/build.Cyz/src 229s User configuration directory: /home/USER/.config/wesnoth-1.18 229s User data directory: /home/USER/.config/wesnoth-1.18 229s Cache directory: /home/USER/.config/wesnoth-1.18/cache 229s 229s 229s error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is invalid or not set in the environment. 229s *** buffer overflow detected ***: terminated 230s Aborted (core dumped) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/boost1.83/+bug/2089779/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp