#1144803 lxc: autopkgtest fails under incus-lxc: several test failures

Package:
src:lxc
Source:
src:lxc
Submitter:
Antonio Terceiro
Date:
2026-08-18 23:51:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1144803#5
Date:
2026-08-18 23:49:48 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

Debian CI is switching away from lxc containers in favor of incus Containers.
This is motivated by security concerns from us; incus is based on lxc, but
orchestrates containers substantially different: containers are not privileged
(so root in the container is not uid 0 outside of it, and incus imposes a
stricter isolation from the host system.

lxc passes its tests under lxc, but fails under incus. This is a bit ironic. :-)

There are several test failures:
https://ci.debian.net/experiments/8/regressions/
(please beware of pagination)

Common types of failure and suggested fixes are being documented at:
https://wiki.debian.org/ContinuousIntegration/LxcToIncus

Note that for the time being, lxc is still being tested under lxc to
avoid disturbing its testing migration test results.

If you decide to add the `isolation-machine` restriction to get this package
tested under qemu, please mention that explicitly when closing this bug (it's
fine to do that only in the package changelog entry that closes the bug) so
that we can configure your package for qemu on ci.debian.net.