[Pkg-phototools-devel] Bug#903268: hugin: autopkgtest checks write to $HOME and don't clean themselves

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2018-07-08 Niko Tyni <ntyni at debian.org> wrote:
> Package: hugin
> Version: 2018.0.0+dfsg-1

> The autopkgtest checks of this package write to $HOME, and fail if that
> is not writable. They don't clean after themselves properly but leave
> ~/.hugindata/camlens.db around.

Hello Niko,

I have never cared or checked whether it needs a writeable $HOME. I
assumed autopkgtest was run on something approaching a "normal" system,
i.e. with existing and writeable $HOME.

Also I was not aware that writing to that directory and not
cleaning up was a bug. Is this documented, and if yes, where?

FWIW I checked both specification
https://salsa.debian.org/ci-team/autopkgtest/raw/master/doc/README.package-tests.rst
or policy in vain.

Thanks, cu Andreas

 
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