Dear maintainer:

I tried to build this package in stretch with "dpkg-buildpackage -A"
but it failed:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[...]
 debian/rules build-indep
dh build-indep --buildsystem=pybuild --with python2,python3,sphinxdoc
   dh_testdir -i -O--buildsystem=pybuild
   dh_update_autotools_config -i -O--buildsystem=pybuild
   dh_auto_configure -i -O--buildsystem=pybuild
I: pybuild base:184: python2.7 setup.py config
running config
I: pybuild base:184: python3.5 setup.py config
running config
   dh_auto_build -i -O--buildsystem=pybuild
I: pybuild base:184: /usr/bin/python setup.py build
running build
running build_py
creating /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/pythonX.Y_2.7/build/execnet

[... snipped ...]

SKIP [16] /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/testing/conftest.py:148: no python3.3 found
SKIP [16] /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/testing/conftest.py:148: no jython found
SKIP [237] /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/testing/conftest.py:200: could not import 'gevent'
SKIP [52] /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/_pytest/config.py:1193: no 'gspecs' option found
SKIP [1] testing/test_channel.py:344: condition: sys.version>="3.0"
SKIP [16] /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/testing/conftest.py:148: no python3.2 found
SKIP [16] /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/testing/conftest.py:148: no pypy found
SKIP [16] /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/testing/conftest.py:148: no python2.6 found
SKIP [237] /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/testing/conftest.py:200: could not import 'eventlet'

=================================== FAILURES ===================================

testing/test_gateway.py:251: Failed
============================ pytest-warning summary ============================
WI1 /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/testing/conftest.py:21 'pytest_runtest_setup' hook uses deprecated __multicall__ argument
WC1 None pytest_funcarg__specsocket: declaring fixtures using "pytest_funcarg__" prefix is deprecated and scheduled to be removed in pytest 4.0.  Please remove the prefix and use the @pytest.fixture decorator instead.
WC1 None pytest_funcarg__specssh: declaring fixtures using "pytest_funcarg__" prefix is deprecated and scheduled to be removed in pytest 4.0.  Please remove the prefix and use the @pytest.fixture decorator instead.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Interrupted: stopping after 1 failures !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 1 failed, 222 passed, 607 skipped, 5 xfailed, 3 pytest-warnings in 11.16 seconds
E: pybuild pybuild:283: test: plugin custom failed with: exit code=2: python3.5 -m pytest -v -x -rs testing/
dh_auto_test: pybuild --test --test-pytest -i python{version} -p 3.5 returned exit code 13
debian/rules:8: recipe for target 'override_dh_auto_test' failed
make[1]: *** [override_dh_auto_test] Error 25
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
debian/rules:5: recipe for target 'build-indep' failed
make: *** [build-indep] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build-indep gave error exit status 2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This is just how the build ends, not necessarily the relevant part.

I've put several build logs here:

https://people.debian.org/~sanvila/build-logs/execnet/

If this is really a bug in one of the build-depends, please use reassign and affects,
so that this is still visible in the page for this package.

The bug should be reproducible with sbuild on a single CPU virtual machine,
provided you try enough times (as the failure happens randomly).

Thanks.

https://people.debian.org/~sanvila/build-logs/execnet/execnet_1.4.1-3_amd64-20170207T152032Z
):

=================================== FAILURES
===================================

https://people.debian.org/~sanvila/build-logs/execnet/execnet_1.4.1-3_amd64-20170207T152032Z
):

=================================== FAILURES
===================================

severity 854494 serious
thanks

Dear maintainer:

I expected a general guideline from Release Managers regarding
packages which FTBFS randomly like this one, but that will most surely
not happen for stretch.

So, the only guideline I have left is the one expressed by Julien
Cristau (one of the RMs) in Bug #844264:

"if the failure rate is low enough I think a lower severity can make
sense"

I posted a list of bugs which FTBFS more than 10% of the time and
several people agreed on -devel that they should be serious and
maintainers should ask for stretch-ignore tag in case the bug should
not be RC (most bugs are about failing tests so this should not be
needed in general).

In the latest tests I made, this package fails for me more than 61% of
the time, and it also fails (randomly) in the reproducible builds autobuilders:

https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/amd64/execnet.html

(I think this addresses the comment made here by Rebecca: Most probably
the failures do not have anything to do with my machines being
single-CPU, as the reproducible builds autobuilders are multi-core).

This may affect any user trying to build this package (for example,
after making a change), our downstreams, and the Security Team once
that stretch is stable.

For this reason I'm raising this to serious.

Sorry for the long explanation.

Thanks.

Hi.

As a summary, these are the tests which are known to fail.
(The number at the left is the number of times the test failed for me.

 106 testing/test_xspec.py::TestMakegateway::test_popen_nice FAILED
  69 testing/test_gateway.py::TestPopenGateway::test_waitclose_on_remote_killed FAILED

(Just in case you decide that the right fix for this bug is to disable
the flaky tests).

Thanks.

... that's o.k. with me. Good work with those "randomly failing" test builds.

DS

In the test builds for reproducible builds, this repeatedly occurs as segfault:

<cut>
testing/test_gateway.py::TestPopenGateway::test_waitclose_on_remote_killed PASSEDSegmentation fault
E: pybuild pybuild:283: test: plugin custom failed with: exit code=139: python3.5 -m pytest -v -x -rs testing/
dh_auto_test: pybuild --test --test-pytest -i python{version} -p 3.5 returned exit code 13
</cut>

https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rbuild/unstable/amd64/execnet_1.4.1-3.rbuild.log
https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rbuild/testing/armhf/execnet_1.4.1-3.rbuild.log

DS

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
execnet, 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 854494@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org> (supplier of updated execnet package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2017 20:30:05 +0000
Source: execnet
Binary: python-execnet python3-execnet execnet-doc
Architecture: source all
Version: 1.4.1-3.1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Daniel Stender <stender@debian.org>
Changed-By: Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>
Description:
 execnet-doc - rapid multi-Python deployment (docs)
 python-execnet - rapid multi-Python deployment (Python 2)
 python3-execnet - rapid multi-Python deployment (Python 3)
Closes: 854494 858189
Changes:
 execnet (1.4.1-3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Non-maintainer upload.
   * Disable tests that are often failing (Closes: #854494, #858189).
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tag 854494 pending
thanks

Hello,

Bug #854494 reported by you has been fixed in the Git repository. You can
see the changelog below, and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/execnet.git/commit/?id=667a3a9

    add changes from NMU

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d37e07e..44bc19f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+execnet (1.4.1-3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * Disable tests that are often failing (Closes: #854494, #858189).
+
+ -- Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>  Tue, 04 Apr 2017 20:30:05 +0000
+
 execnet (1.4.1-3) unstable; urgency=medium

   * add test_gateway-fix-race-condition.patch (Closes: #840823 [thanks

owner 854494 !
found 854494 2.1.1-1
forwarded 854494 https://github.com/pytest-dev/execnet/issues/53
tags 854494 trixie
thanks

Hi.

I'm reopening this old bug because it's happening again
(in both trixie and forky/sid).

On AWS instances of type m7a.medium and r7a.medium, the following
tests fail very often. As a result, the package always fail to build:

FAILED testing/test_gateway.py::TestPopenGateway::test_waitclose_on_remote_killed
FAILED testing/test_channel.py::TestChannelBasicBehaviour::test_channel_passing_over_channel
FAILED testing/test_gateway.py::TestBasicGateway::test__rinfo

Given that upstream has already applied the "xfail" mark to tests
behaving such way, I will do the same here.

(However, if somebody still would like to debug this, please email me
privately, I can provide a VM where the package always fail to build).

Thanks.

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
execnet, 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 854494@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> (supplier of updated execnet package)

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believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
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Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:10:00 +0200
Source: execnet
Architecture: source
Version: 2.1.1-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Python Team <team+python@tracker.debian.org>
Changed-By: Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>
Closes: 854494
Changes:
 execnet (2.1.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Team upload.
   * Mark several tests as flaky. Closes: #854494.
   * Drop "Rules-Requires-Root: no" (default).
   * Drop "Priority: optional" (default).
   * Update standards-version.
   * Add debian/salsa-ci.yml.
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A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
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Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 854494@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> (supplier of updated execnet package)

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believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
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Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2026 20:05:00 +0200
Source: execnet
Architecture: source
Version: 2.1.1-1+deb13u1
Distribution: trixie
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Python Team <team+python@tracker.debian.org>
Changed-By: Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>
Closes: 854494
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