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Author: Mark Hindley
Date:  
To: Ryutaroh Matsumoto, 459
Subject: [devuan-dev] bug#459: autopkgtest-build-qemu does not set up /dev/ttyS[01]
Control: tags -1 debian

Ryutaroh,

Thanks for this

On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 05:03:18PM +0900, Ryutaroh Matsumoto wrote:
> Package: autopkgtest
> Version: 5.13.1
> Severity: minor
> Tags: beowulf ceres
> Control: found -1 5.10
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> "man autopkgtest-virt-qemu" says:
> REQUIREMENTS
>        autopkgtest-virt-qemu  assumes  that you have already prepared a suitable Debian based QEMU image (see BUILDING IMAGES below for how to create them).
>        But you can use any VM which has python3 or python installed and either

>
>        *   opens a root shell on ttyS1, or

>
>        *   has a serial console on ttyS0 where you can log in (getty or similar) with specified user and password. This will then be used to  start  a  root
>            shell on ttyS1, to reduce this to the first case and to not assume that ttyS0 stays operational throughout the whole test.

>
> But autopkgtest-build-qemu does not adjust /etc/inittab inside the qemu image,
> and autopkgtest-virt-qemu always fails.
> Workaround is easy, just modify /etc/inittab in the qemu image.
>
> This issue is found in package versions 5.13.1 and 5.10.


autopkgtest is not a forked package and Devuan uses Debian's packages directly.

Can you report this to Debian BTS, please?

Thanks

Mark