• Bug#1099717: runit: autopkgtest fails as it tries to remove protected p

    From Lorenzo@21:1/5 to Luca Boccassi on Sat Mar 8 01:10:01 2025
    Hello Luca,

    On Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:42:33 +0000
    Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> wrote:

    Control: tags -1 patch pending

    On Fri, 07 Mar 2025 01:05:48 +0000 Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
    wrote:
    Source: runit
    Version: 2.1.2-61
    Severity: serious
    Justification: stops other packages from migrating to testing

    Dear Maintainer(s),

    The runit init-switch autopkgtest switches init package, but they
    are now Protected: yes so this fails. apt needs to be called with --
    allow-
    remove-essential systemd-sysv (or similar for other protected
    packages)
    in order to work, or something along those lines. Please apply these changes and upload to unstable to stop other packages from being
    able to migrate to testing.

    Given this blocks other packages from migrating to testing, I have
    uploaded an NMU with the fix for autopkgtest to DELAYED/1. debdiff
    attached. If there are any problems with the patch, please let me know
    and I can cancel the upload.

    I was already working on a new runit upload and this NMU breaks my git workflow; I've just uploaded the RFS on mentors with a fix for this bug,
    so please cancel the NMU and wait for that one to be sponsored.

    Also, I would really like to avoid other surprises like this so I'm
    marking the test as flaky and intend to keep it so until Trixie is
    released.

    Best,
    Lorenzo




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