Dear maintainers,

With a recent upload of openfoam the autopkgtest of openfoam fails in
testing when that autopkgtest is run with the binary packages of
openfoam from unstable. It passes when run with only packages from
testing. In tabular form:
                       pass            fail
openfoam               from testing    1812+dfsg1-1
all others             from testing    from testing

I copied some of the output at the bottom of this report.

Currently this regression is blocking the migration to testing [1]. Can
you please investigate the situation and fix it? If needed, please
change the bug's severity.

More information about this bug and the reason for filing it can be found on
https://wiki.debian.org/ContinuousIntegration/RegressionEmailInformation

Paul

[1] https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?package=openfoam

https://ci.debian.net/data/autopkgtest/testing/amd64/o/openfoam/1724341/log.gz

autopkgtest [05:11:04]: test icoFoamElbow: [-----------------------
--> FOAM FATAL ERROR :
    Could not find mandatory etc entry (mode=ugo)
    'controlDict'

autopkgtest [05:11:04]: test icoFoamElbow: -----------------------]

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
openfoam, 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 919711@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Kurt Kremitzki <kurt@kwk.systems> (supplier of updated openfoam package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 01:49:48 -0600
Source: openfoam
Architecture: source
Version: 1812+dfsg1-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers <debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Kurt Kremitzki <kurt@kwk.systems>
Closes: 919711
Changes:
 openfoam (1812+dfsg1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * [f2ea0ce] Fix autopkgtests (Closes: #919711)
   * [f83685c] Implement upstream feedback on packaging
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It seems that the new version requires setting

export WM_PROJECT_DIR=/usr/share/openfoam

before running any executables.

Could a wrapper script be provided with the package?

Thanks,
Lorenzo Pinelli

Hi Lorenzo,

^^ why did you conclude this? It seems to me the autopkgtest is running
successfully since that version.

Paul