Lintian tag: backgrounded-test-command
Type: error
Description (from lintian-explain-tags)
This package declares a Test-Command that backgrounds
itself with an ampersand. That is not a good idea.
In the autopkgtest 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.
This test only fails when a message printed to stderr wins a race with the
autopkgtest harness. While that may result in an accurate (but unreliable)
detection of some test failures, a review of archive-wide autopkgtest data
shows no failures for backgrounded test commands.
Many incidents of this tag are based on a faulty command that invokes
xvfb-run for GUI programs. It was likely adopted from an existing package.
Please drop the ampersand at the end of the Test-Command.
Please refer to Bug#988591 and https://ci.debian.net/doc/ for details.
Visibility: error
Show-Always: no
Check: testsuite
Affected packages
| source |
version |
binary |
level |
tag |
count |
information |
| antigrav |
0.0.3-12 |
|
error |
backgrounded-test-command |
1 |
xvfb-run -a /usr/games/antigrav & [debian/tests/control:1] |
| binclock |
1.5-12 |
|
error |
backgrounded-test-command |
1 |
xvfb-run -a binclock -ln --color=off & [debian/tests/control:16] |
| gnome-chemistry-utils |
0.14.17-6.3 |
|
error |
backgrounded-test-command |
1 |
xvfb-run -a /usr/bin/gspectrum & [debian/tests/control:20] |
| gnome-chemistry-utils |
0.14.17-6.3 |
|
error |
backgrounded-test-command |
1 |
xvfb-run -a /usr/bin/gchem3d & [debian/tests/control:5] |
| gnome-chemistry-utils |
0.14.17-6.3 |
|
error |
backgrounded-test-command |
1 |
xvfb-run -a /usr/bin/gchemcalc & [debian/tests/control:10] |
| gnome-chemistry-utils |
0.14.17-6.3 |
|
error |
backgrounded-test-command |
1 |
xvfb-run -a /usr/bin/gchempaint & [debian/tests/control:30] |
| gnome-chemistry-utils |
0.14.17-6.3 |
|
error |
backgrounded-test-command |
1 |
xvfb-run -a /usr/bin/gchemtable & [debian/tests/control:15] |
| gnome-chemistry-utils |
0.14.17-6.3 |
|
error |
backgrounded-test-command |
1 |
xvfb-run -a /usr/bin/gcrytsal & [debian/tests/control:25] |
| ltpanel |
0.2-9 |
|
overridden |
backgrounded-test-command |
1 |
xvfb-run -a ltpanel & [debian/tests/control:3] |
| mingetty |
1.08-7 |
|
error |
backgrounded-test-command |
1 |
xvfb-run -a mingetty & [debian/tests/control:1] |
| miwm |
1.1-9 |
|
error |
backgrounded-test-command |
1 |
xvfb-run -a miwm & [debian/tests/control:1] |
| osmose-emulator |
1.6-1 |
|
error |
backgrounded-test-command |
1 |
osmose-emulator & [debian/tests/control:1] |
| posterazor |
1.5.1-10 |
|
error |
backgrounded-test-command |
1 |
xvfb-run -a posterazor debian/tests/1.gif & [debian/tests/control:4] |
| posterazor |
1.5.1-10 |
|
error |
backgrounded-test-command |
1 |
xvfb-run -a posterazor & [debian/tests/control:1] |
| posterazor |
1.5.1-10 |
|
error |
backgrounded-test-command |
1 |
xvfb-run -a posterazor debian/tests/3.png & [debian/tests/control:10] |
| posterazor |
1.5.1-10 |
|
error |
backgrounded-test-command |
1 |
xvfb-run -a posterazor debian/tests/2.jpg & [debian/tests/control:7] |
