There are a few problems here...
1) autopkgtest is running the tests are root, which isn't permissible
for Upstart.
adt-run claims to be able to run tests as a non-root user, but that
functionality is currently broken (see Debian bug 686292).
2) autopkgtest uses libeatmydata with LD_PRELOAD which causes some tests to
fail since data isn't persisted to disk.
I've raised an MP to add a --no-eat option for auto-package-testing but
aside from unsetting LD_PRELOAD, I'm not sure how
this option could actually be specified for the Upstart autopkg build?
See: lp:~jamesodhunt/auto-package-testing/partial-fix-for-bug-1075976
I've also updated xnox's branch with some tweaks:
lp:~jamesodhunt/ubuntu/raring/upstart/autopkgtest
3) Some of the Upstart tests in the Ubuntu package are racy. This has been
fixed upstream and the next Ubuntu release
will thus grab those fixes but due to (2), we're hitting these races.
4) The test environment provided by adt appears to not have a controlling
terminal which causes one of the test failures
(see bug 888910 - fixed in upstream Upstart).
I wonder if we should create a "test" ("test_init" - pun intended :-)
that runs before the others that essentially sets up the required
environment to avoid duplication:
- creates user
- modifies dbus config for Upstart
In fact, since the DEP-8 spec makes no mention of test setup/teardown or
indeed the order in which tests are run but the latter does appear to be
sequential we should atleast put recommendations in place on this topic
since it can't be that uncommon a requirement.
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