Public bug reported:
If a DEP-8 package contains a debian/tests/control file which specifies:
Restrictions: needs-root build-needed
... autopkgtest will:
- unpack the source as the root user
- run the build as the root user
This is unnecessary and places a burden on the test script to handle
this scenario since if a test drops root privileges:
- it find that the directory tree is not writeable
- autopkgtest may well end up running the tests as root. This happens for
Upstart since it has a 'make check' rule and dh calls dh_auto_test by default.
However, it is not valid to run the Upstart tests as root.
I believe the behaviour of autopkgtest should be modified to:
1) Unpack the source as the user the tests would be run as if 'needs-root' were
not specified.
2) Run the build as the same non-privileged user.
** Affects: autopkgtest (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
'needs-root' in combination with 'build-needed' unpacks code and runs
build as root
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