Hi All, If the test done in the autopkgtest does not provide significant test coverage then it should be marked with "Restrictions: superficial". Ref: https://people.debian.org/~eriberto/README.package-tests.html
Examples of tests which are not significant includes (its not a complete list):
1) Executing the binary to check version
Test-Command: foo -v
Test-Command: foo -V
Test-Command: foo --version
2) Executing the binary to check help (foo -h)
Test-Command: foo -h
Test-Command: foo --help
3) checking for files installed with 'ls'.
Test-Command: ls -l /usr/lib/*/foo.so
4) A Python or Perl library runs import foo or require Foo; but does
not attempt to use the library beyond that.
Test-Command: python3 -c "import foo"
I am still trying to figure out a generalized method to find them but
an initial script has found 83 packages. Attached is the dd-list.
I intend to open the bug reports on them next week.
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Regards
Sudip
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