Debian Bug report logs - #925879
reprotest: flaky autopkgtest: Unknown encoding 'RK1048' at /usr/bin/help2man line 56.

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: reprotest: flaky autopkgtest: Unknown encoding 'RK1048' at /usr/bin/help2man line 56.

Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:00:20 +0100

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Source: reprotest
Version: 0.7.8
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-CC: debian-ci@lists.debian.org
User: debian-ci@lists.debian.org
Usertags: flaky

Dear maintainers,

Since the introduction of 0.7.8 the autopkgtest of reprotest sometimes
fails in unstable and testing, while a retry not much later succeeds.
Because the unstable-to-testing migration software now blocks on
regressions in testing, flaky tests, i.e. tests that flip between
passing and failing without changes to the list of installed packages,
are wasting peoples time. Please either fix the test to be more robust,
or mark this particular test as "flaky".

I copied some of the output at the bottom of this report. For the
failures I inspected the failure always seems to be on the same place.

More information about this bug and the reason for filing it can be found on
https://wiki.debian.org/ContinuousIntegration/RegressionEmailInformation

Paul

https://ci.debian.net/data/autopkgtest/testing/amd64/r/reprotest/2089644/log.gz

running install_scripts
Installing reprotest script to
/tmp/reprotest.6zIS1E/build-experiment-1/debian/reprotest/usr/bin
   dh_installdocs -O--buildsystem=pybuild
   dh_installchangelogs -O--buildsystem=pybuild
   dh_installman -O--buildsystem=pybuild
   dh_python3 -O--buildsystem=pybuild
   dh_installinit -O--buildsystem=pybuild
   dh_perl -O--buildsystem=pybuild
   dh_link -O--buildsystem=pybuild
   dh_strip_nondeterminism -O--buildsystem=pybuild
   dh_compress -O--buildsystem=pybuild
   dh_fixperms -O--buildsystem=pybuild
   dh_missing -O--buildsystem=pybuild
   dh_installdeb -O--buildsystem=pybuild
   dh_gencontrol -O--buildsystem=pybuild
   dh_md5sums -O--buildsystem=pybuild
   dh_builddeb -O--buildsystem=pybuild
dpkg-deb: building package 'reprotest' in '../reprotest_0.7.8_all.deb'.
make[1]�: on quitte le repertoire
��/tmp/reprotest.6zIS1E/build-experiment-1��
dpkg-buildpackage: info: envoi d'un binaire seulement (aucune inclusion
de code source)
Binary files /tmp/tmp077cc2f3/control/reprotest_0.7.8_all.deb and
/tmp/tmp077cc2f3/experiment-1/reprotest_0.7.8_all.deb differ
----------------------------- Captured stderr call
-----------------------------
 dpkg-source --before-build .
 debian/rules binary
I: pybuild base:217: python3.7 setup.py config
I: pybuild base:217: /usr/bin/python3 setup.py build
I: pybuild base:217: /usr/bin/python3 setup.py install --root
/tmp/reprotest.6zIS1E/const_build_path/debian/reprotest
 dpkg-genbuildinfo --build=binary
 dpkg-genchanges --build=binary >../reprotest_0.7.8_amd64.changes
dpkg-genchanges: info: binary-only upload (no source code included)
 dpkg-source --after-build .
 dpkg-source --before-build .
 debian/rules binary
I: pybuild base:217: python3.7 setup.py config
I: pybuild base:217: /usr/bin/python3 setup.py build
Unknown encoding 'RK1048' at /usr/bin/help2man line 56.
I: pybuild base:217: /usr/bin/python3 setup.py install --root
/tmp/reprotest.6zIS1E/build-experiment-1/debian/reprotest
 dpkg-genbuildinfo --build=binary
 dpkg-genchanges --build=binary >../reprotest_0.7.8_amd64.changes
dpkg-genchanges: info: envoi des binaires seulement (le code source
n'est pas inclus)
 dpkg-source --after-build .
============== 1 failed, 1 passed, 19 deselected in 10.65 seconds
==============
make: *** [debian/rules:47: autopkgtest-pytest] Error 1

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Message #10 received at 925879@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@reproducible-builds.org>

To: Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org>, 925879@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#925879: reprotest: flaky autopkgtest: Unknown encoding 'RK1048' at /usr/bin/help2man line 56.

Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2020 11:34:48 -0700

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On 2019-03-27, Paul Gevers wrote:
> Since the introduction of 0.7.8 the autopkgtest of reprotest sometimes
> fails in unstable and testing, while a retry not much later succeeds.
> Because the unstable-to-testing migration software now blocks on
> regressions in testing, flaky tests, i.e. tests that flip between
> passing and failing without changes to the list of installed packages,
> are wasting peoples time. Please either fix the test to be more robust,
> or mark this particular test as "flaky".

In the short term, probably worth marking as flaky...


> I: pybuild base:217: python3.7 setup.py config
> I: pybuild base:217: /usr/bin/python3 setup.py build
> Unknown encoding 'RK1048' at /usr/bin/help2man line 56.
> I: pybuild base:217: /usr/bin/python3 setup.py install --root

This is probably triggered because reprotest randomly picks a locale to
run:

        loc = random.choice(['fr_CH.UTF-8', 'es_ES', 'ru_RU.CP1251', 'kk_KZ.RK1048', 'zh_CN'])


It might be better to adjust the test to only test specific locales,
which may require adjusting the code a bit.


Testing locales entirely randomly also results in reprotest producing
inconsisent tests when using it... so it's not surprising that it's also
inconsistent in the autopkgtests.


live well,
  vagrant

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Message #15 received at 925879@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org>

To: 925879@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#925879: reprotest: flaky autopkgtest: Unknown encoding 'RK1048' at /usr/bin/help2man line 56.

Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2022 20:43:12 +0100

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Hi,

On Tue, 06 Oct 2020 11:34:48 -0700 Vagrant Cascadian 
<vagrant@reproducible-builds.org> wrote:
> On 2019-03-27, Paul Gevers wrote:
> > Since the introduction of 0.7.8 the autopkgtest of reprotest sometimes
> > fails in unstable and testing, while a retry not much later succeeds.
> > Because the unstable-to-testing migration software now blocks on
> > regressions in testing, flaky tests, i.e. tests that flip between
> > passing and failing without changes to the list of installed packages,
> > are wasting peoples time. Please either fix the test to be more robust,
> > or mark this particular test as "flaky".
> 
> In the short term, probably worth marking as flaky...
> 
> 
> > I: pybuild base:217: python3.7 setup.py config
> > I: pybuild base:217: /usr/bin/python3 setup.py build
> > Unknown encoding 'RK1048' at /usr/bin/help2man line 56.
> > I: pybuild base:217: /usr/bin/python3 setup.py install --root
> 
> This is probably triggered because reprotest randomly picks a locale to
> run:
> 
>         loc = random.choice(['fr_CH.UTF-8', 'es_ES', 'ru_RU.CP1251', 'kk_KZ.RK1048', 'zh_CN'])
> 
> 
> It might be better to adjust the test to only test specific locales,
> which may require adjusting the code a bit.
> 
> 
> Testing locales entirely randomly also results in reprotest producing
> inconsisent tests when using it... so it's not surprising that it's also
> inconsistent in the autopkgtests.
> 
> 
> live well,
>   vagrant

Bug #894126 (help2man bug about this) got closed (supposedly fixed) 
recently. Does that mean this issue should be fixed too?

Paul

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Message #18 received at 925879-submitter@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Vagrant Cascadian <noreply@salsa.debian.org>

To: 925879-submitter@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#925879 marked as pending in reprotest

Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 22:33:17 +0000

Control: tag -1 pending

Hello,

Bug #925879 in reprotest reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/reproducible-builds/reprotest/-/commit/610e6cae15fe8d066303694af97bf3a09a6b01c2

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Do not randomize chosen locale and use a UTF-8 supported locale.
(Closes: #925879, #1004950)

Use an Estonian locale, which has unusual sort order compared to many
european languages, which may catch some interesting issues.

Testing more obscure locales and character sets is certainly
desireable, but it is also very important for reprotest to pick the
varied locale deterministically.

Randomly choosing the locale, or choosing based on a hash of the
inputs, might lead to picking a different locale while debugging
patches for a potential fix, with misleading results if the issue is
highly locale specific.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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-- 
Greetings

https://bugs.debian.org/925879

Message #25 received at 925879-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Debian FTP Masters <ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org>

To: 925879-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#925879: fixed in reprotest 0.7.23

Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 12:19:33 +0000

Source: reprotest
Source-Version: 0.7.23
Done: Holger Levsen <holger@debian.org>

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
reprotest, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 925879@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Holger Levsen <holger@debian.org> (supplier of updated reprotest package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)


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Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 12:55:54 +0100
Source: reprotest
Architecture: source
Version: 0.7.23
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Reproducible builds folks <reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Holger Levsen <holger@debian.org>
Closes: 925879 1004950
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 reprotest (0.7.23) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Vagrant Cascadian ]
   * Do not randomize chosen locale and always vary with the same UTF-8
     supported locale., et_EE.UTF-8. (Closes: #925879, #1004950)
   * Support passing --vary=locales.locale=LOCALE to specify locale to vary.
   * Document the above in README.
 .
   [ Holger Levsen ]
   * README:
     - improve examples how to build a Debian package.
     - mention interesting locales in README.
   * Drop d/NEWS as it only contained one entry from 2017.
 .
   [ lintian-brush ]
   * Bump standards version to 4.6.2, no changes needed.
   * Fill in Homepage field.
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