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Tag: backgrounded-test-command
Severity: error
Check: testsuite
Explanation:
This package declares a <code>Test-Command</code> that backgrounds
itself with an ampersand. That is not a good idea.
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In the <code>autopkgtest</code> framework, the return value determines
whether a test was successful. It is therefore fundamental to the
testing process. Unfortunately, that value is being ignored here.
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This test only fails when a message printed to <code>stderr</code>
wins a race with the <code>autopkgtest</code> harness. While that
may result in an accurate (but unreliable) detection of some test
failures, a review of archive-wide <code>autopkgtest</code> data
shows no failures for backgrounded test commands.
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Many incidents of this tag are based on a faulty command that invokes
<code>xvfb-run</code> for GUI programs. It was likely adopted from an
existing package.
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Please drop the ampersand at the end of the <code>Test-Command</code>.
See-Also:
Bug#988591,
https://ci.debian.net/doc/
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