#1113853 notepadqq: gui autopkgtest is flaky

#1113853#5
Date:
2025-09-03 12:09:48 UTC
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Hi,

I noticed that the notepaddqq gui autopkgtest failed after I uploaded
uchardet:

https://ci.debian.net/packages/n/notepadqq/testing/amd64/64046605/

It passed when I retried it:

https://ci.debian.net/packages/n/notepadqq/testing/amd64/64097502/

So I think the test is flaky (rather than something I have done). If you
look at the logs for amd64, there are some random failures (no logs
though sadly):

https://ci.debian.net/packages/n/notepadqq/unstable/amd64/
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I don't know what the bug is, but this part is suspicious to me:

This is a non-interactive bash script, so job control is disabled. bash
still allows you to use the %1 syntax, but critically background tasks
are not placed in process groups.

This means that the `kill -QUIT %1` line only kills the xvfb-run
process, and does not kill notepadqq like it would do if you ran this in
an interactive shell. That seems possibly unintentional to me?

James