Hi,

rust-rust-apt in unstable can't migrate to testing because the QA
infrastructure couldn't reproduce the binary packages in unstable while
it could reproduce the version in testing [1, 2].

There are two problems:

1. The tests running during the build depend on apt which is not
essential but happen to be installed on the buildds. Please add a build
dependency. See also [3].

2. The tests fail if no package on the host system is installed
automatically. Please rewrite the test to either not assume that or
create a mockup environment.

Cheers Jochen


[1] https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?package=rust-rust-apt
[2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2026/05/msg00001.html
[3] https://release.debian.org/reproducible-builds-host-requirements.html

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
rust-rust-apt, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1147717@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Blake Lee <blake@volian.org> (supplier of updated rust-rust-apt package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:53:46 -0500
Source: rust-rust-apt
Architecture: source
Version: 0.11.3-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Rust Maintainers <pkg-rust-maintainers@alioth-lists.debian.net>
Changed-By: Blake Lee <blake@volian.org>
Closes: 1147717
Changes:
 rust-rust-apt (0.11.3-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Add apt to the build-time and autopkgtest dependencies.
   * Do not assume the build host has an automatically installed package.
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