Public bug reported: When run with the CPU/RAM constraints in the autopkgtest cloud, this test currently fails more often than not [0]. Curiously if we switch to using the NMAP netcat implementation the test passes more often than not.
An overnight experience provides these statistics: nmap-netcat 57/62 PASS openbsd-netcat 3/62 PASS The upstream developers appear to be using the NMAP netcat implementation more often than the OpenBSD netcat implementation, and for the OVN package the NMAP implementation is required [1]. The curious thing is that when the test is ran with more available resources it passes, so it may also be we are near some resource limit and a that this change alleviates the situation somewhat randomly. However, the fact that upstream develop the tests using the NMAP netcat implementation does shift the scale towards using that implementation in our test runs. 0: https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/results/autopkgtest-noble/noble/amd64/o/openvswitch/20240415_172419_494f2@/log.gz 1: https://github.com/ovn-org/ovn/blob/1c9656714c601b128ca0a6bed47050c77e98fb8b/utilities/containers/ubuntu/Dockerfile#L33 ** Affects: openvswitch (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2062506 Title: autopkgtest - offloads conntrack - ICMP related with SNAT fails with openbsd-netcat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openvswitch/+bug/2062506/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
