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  • Bug#1104738: adduser: possible regression in autopkgtest: 'invalid char

    From Luca Boccassi@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 5 15:40:01 2025
    Package: adduser
    Version: 3.151

    Dear Maintainer(s),

    Since the latest upload of adduser, an autopkgtest of src:systemd
    started failing with:

    'invalid characters in Temporary autopkgtest user,,, at /usr/share/perl5/Debian/AdduserCommon.pm line 141.'

    The issue only appears in unstable, and started on May 2nd, same day
    as the latest upload of adduser, so the timing would suggest a
    correlation. The debci maintainers said nothing has changed on their
    side on that day or since.

    Example of a failed run:

    https://ci.debian.net/packages/s/systemd/unstable/amd64/60380652/#S54

    The test case that fails:

    https://sources.debian.org/src/systemd/257.5-2/debian/tests/tests-in-lxd/

    The test reliably fails on unstable and reliably works on testing, as of today.

    Thanks!

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  • From Chris Hofstaedtler@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 6 09:30:01 2025
    * Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de> [250506 09:12]:
    On Mon, May 05, 2025 at 02:29:11PM +0100, Luca Boccassi wrote:
    Since the latest upload of adduser, an autopkgtest of src:systemd
    started failing with:

    'invalid characters in Temporary autopkgtest user,,, at
    /usr/share/perl5/Debian/AdduserCommon.pm line 141.'

    Example of a failed run:

    https://ci.debian.net/packages/s/systemd/unstable/amd64/60380652/#S54

    The document linked on that page doesn't contain "invalid" or
    "Temporary", and it looks like a successful run.

    Maybe I am overlooking something here?

    It's hidden in the default-collapsed test setup details.

    https://ci.debian.net/data/autopkgtest/unstable/amd64/s/systemd/60380652/log.gz

    1966s invalid characters in Temporary autopkgtest user,,, at /usr/share/perl5/Debian/AdduserCommon.pm line 141.

    etc.


    Chris

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  • From Marc Haber@21:1/5 to Luca Boccassi on Tue May 6 09:20:01 2025
    On Mon, May 05, 2025 at 02:29:11PM +0100, Luca Boccassi wrote:
    Since the latest upload of adduser, an autopkgtest of src:systemd
    started failing with:

    'invalid characters in Temporary autopkgtest user,,, at /usr/share/perl5/Debian/AdduserCommon.pm line 141.'

    Example of a failed run:

    https://ci.debian.net/packages/s/systemd/unstable/amd64/60380652/#S54

    The document linked on that page doesn't contain "invalid" or
    "Temporary", and it looks like a successful run.

    Maybe I am overlooking something here?

    Greetings
    Marc

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  • From Marc Haber@21:1/5 to Chris Hofstaedtler on Tue May 6 10:10:01 2025
    Control: tags -1 confirmed
    Control: severity -1 serious
    thanks

    On Tue, May 06, 2025 at 09:22:15AM +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
    1966s invalid characters in Temporary autopkgtest user,,, at /usr/share/perl5/Debian/AdduserCommon.pm line 141.

    Thanks. The three commas gave it away. Will be fixed in the next upload.
    Feel free to try the code in the wip-comment1 branch on salsa.

    Greetings
    Marc

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