[devel] [APT PATCH] test/integration/framework/test-apt-method-http*: use nginx as a forking daemon

[Dmitry V. Levin]

On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 05:12:56PM +0300, Ivan Zakharyaschev wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Feb 2020, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 06:39:01AM +0300, Ivan Zakharyaschev wrote:
> > > This is needed not to send requests to nginx before it is ready to
> > > listen: when the main process forks and exits, nginx is considered to
> > > be ready.
> > > 
> > > Without this change, I observed a failure in the http test, but not
> > > the https one, probably, because the delay in the https test was
> > > larger due to an extra package being built:
> > > 
> > > Run Testcase (22/29) test-apt-method-http
> > > Building package: simple-package
> > > Test for successful execution of apt-get update …
> > > Err http://localhost x86_64 release
> > >   Could not connect to localhost:8080 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
> > > 
> > > However:
> > > 
> > > Run Testcase (23/29) test-apt-method-https
> > > Building package: simple-package
> > > Building package: conflicting-package-one
> > > Test for successful execution of apt-get update … PASS
> > > Test that package(s) are not installed with rpm -q simple-package … PASS
> > > Test for successful execution of apt-get install simple-package … PASS
> > > Test that package(s) are installed with rpm -q simple-package … PASS
> > > Pinning invalid key in apt
> > > Test for failure in execution of apt-get update … PASS
> > > Test that package(s) are not installed with rpm -q conflicting-package-one … PASS
> > > Test for failure in execution of apt-get install conflicting-package-one … PASS
> > > Test that package(s) are not installed with rpm -q conflicting-package-one … PASS
> > 
> > Apparently, this fix is insufficient, I experience sporadic failures
> > in these nginx-based tests.  Something racy is still there.
> 
> It's a bit difficult for me to help to find out the reason, because I 
> don't know how to reproduce any other failures than those fixed by my 
> patch...

It's extremely difficult to go any further while these tests are so flaky.
I'm postponing apt patches processing until the test suite is thoroughly fixed.


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