#1138851 httping: autopkgtest hard-codes http://google.com, fails where that host is unreachable

#1138851#5
Date:
2026-06-04 18:02:55 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

While testing an update of src:fftw3 (a dependency of httping via
libfftw3-double3), the httping autopkgtest failed on loong64 in a way
that is independent of the triggering package.

The "command3" test runs:
    httping -F -c 4 http://google.com

On the loong64 CI worker this fails because google.com is not
reachable from that network, even though the testbed has working
Internet access:
    PING google.com:80 (/):
    connect time out
    connect time out
    connect time out
    connect time out
    --- http://google.com/ ping statistics ---
    4 connects, 0 ok, 100.00% failed, time 124161ms
    command3             FAIL non-zero exit status 127

The preceding "command2" test (httping -c 2 https://debian.org) passes
on the same run, confirming the testbed does have connectivity; only
google.com is unreachable.

Full test log is
https://ci.debian.net/packages/h/httping/testing/loong64/71798915/

Regards,
Aron

#1138851#10
Date:
2026-06-05 08:48:37 UTC
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To:
Hi Aron,

I can replace it with debian.org, but isn't actually a problem in that
network or machine ?

#1138851#15
Date:
2026-06-05 08:58:05 UTC
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Hi,

I think the worker is located with network that cannot access Google
directly. Also the "command2" test is already targeting debian.org.

Regards,
Aron