autopkgtest-pkg-python set but "SKIP no tests in this package"

[Jeremy Bícha]

I'm trying to diagnose why oslo-sphinx's autopkgtest doesn't work.

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oslo-sphinx/4.4.0-1

http://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/packages/o/oslo-sphinx/yakkety/amd64/

It has this field in the source section of debian/control:
Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-python

https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/openstack/oslo-sphinx.git/tree/debian/control

But this is the output from autopkgtest.ubuntu.com:

autopkgtest [12:57:41]: testing package oslo-sphinx version 4.4.0-1
autopkgtest [12:57:41]: build not needed
* SKIP no tests in this package
autopkgtest [12:57:41]: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ summary
* SKIP no tests in this package
Exit request sent.

From the log, it doesn't look like it even tries to install the package binaries.

Running `autopkgtest -- schroot yakkety-amd64` locally here works fine.

Since the Debian package that added the Testsuite line is only in experimental, ci.debian.net doesn't currently run for this package.

This failure is blocking oslo-sphinx from migrating from -proposed because it previously had a (successful) manual autopkgtest using debian/tests/control.

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

A better example because we can compare with Debian's debci service is:

https://ci.debian.net/packages/p/python-future/unstable/amd64/

http://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/packages/p/python-future/yakkety/amd64/

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

I'm guessing this is because Ubuntu's service doesn't have autodep8 >= 0.4 installed.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

I updated autodep8 on all workers, and the automatic tests work now. oslo-sphinx still fails, but for a "real" reason now.