Merge inetutils from Debian Unstable for resolute

[Lena Voytek]

Scheduled-For: ubuntu-25.11
Ubuntu: 2:2.6-1ubuntu3
Debian Unstable: 2:2.6-4

A new release of inetutils is available for merging from Debian Unstable.

If it turns out this needs a sync rather than a merge, please change the tagging from ['dcr-merge'] to ['dcr-sync'], and (optionally) update the title as desired.

### New Debian Changes ###

inetutils (2:2.6-4) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Use URL instead of FSF postal address for GPL in debian/copyright.
  * Remove «Rules-Requires-Root: no», which is the current default.
  * Remove «Priority: optional» field, which is the current default.
  * Switch to Standards-Version 4.7.2 (no changes needed).
  * Add Builde-Depends on libcrypt-dev. (Closes: #1106935)
  * Refresh debian/upstream/signing-key.asc (update expiry dates).

 -- Guillem Jover <email address hidden> Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:25:19 +0200

inetutils (2:2.6-3) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Make libsystemd-dev support linux-any specific.

 -- Guillem Jover <email address hidden> Sun, 22 Jun 2025 16:59:29 +0200

inetutils (2:2.6-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Enable libsystemd support to restore utmp functionality in
    syslogd and talkd, on systems running systemd.
  * Remove bogus test for unsorted file listing, causing indeterministic
    build failures on some systems.

 -- Guillem Jover <email address hidden> Fri, 20 Jun 2025 03:39:26 +0200

### Old Ubuntu Delta ###

inetutils (2:2.6-1ubuntu3) questing; urgency=medium

  * Remove 'ls -f' test to prevent FTBFS (LP: #2122271)

 -- Valentin Haudiquet <email address hidden> Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:11:00 +0200

inetutils (2:2.6-1ubuntu2) questing; urgency=medium

  * Rebuild to include updated RISC-V base ISA RVA23

 -- Heinrich Schuchardt <email address hidden> Fri, 05 Sep 2025 15:12:29 +0000

inetutils (2:2.6-1ubuntu1) questing; urgency=medium

  * Merge with Debian unstable (LP: #2111371). Remaining changes:
    * Do not test the inetutils-ping package (LP #2009814)
      - d/t/test-root-commands: disable ping tests
      - d/t/control: remove inetutils-ping dependency

 -- Ural Tunaboyu <email address hidden> Tue, 20 May 2025 15:21:28 -0700

[Valentin Haudiquet (vhaudiquet)]

MP: https://code.launchpad.net/~vhaudiquet/ubuntu/+source/inetutils/+git/inetutils/+merge/495468
PPA: https://launchpad.net/~vhaudiquet/+archive/ubuntu/inetutils-lp2130124/+packages
Autopkgtests: https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/user/vhaudiquet/ppa/inetutils-lp2130124

[Valentin Haudiquet (vhaudiquet)]

The syslogd.sh autopkgtest is failing.

It appears to be an error in counted successes, either some expected fail is not failing or (most likely) there is something wrong in the counting:

284s + test 36 -eq 33
284s + echo Registered 36 successes out of 33.
284s Registered 36 successes out of 33.
...
284s + [ 36 -eq 33 ]
284s + echo Failing some tests.
284s Failing some tests.

More investigation is needed at this point.

[Valentin Haudiquet (vhaudiquet)]

The issue seems to come from this:

> inetutils (2:2.6-2) unstable; urgency=medium
>
> * Enable libsystemd support to restore utmp functionality in
> syslogd and talkd, on systems running systemd.

utmp functionality seems broken on Ubuntu, as shown by the error messages during the autopkgtest:
> 284s Nov 5 14:53:26 autopkgtest syslogd: /dev/sshd: No such file or directory

Running the same tests locally:
> Nov 12 09:26:17 x1c syslogd: /dev/seat0: No such file or directory

It seems that something is trying to attach to other sessions during the utmp test (utmp: "keep track of all logins and logouts to the system"). I wonder why that test passes on Debian but not on Ubuntu.

Maybe we do something differently, and utmp should be disabled on Ubuntu. Maybe that is an upstream bug or an Ubuntu bug.

More investigation is needed, working with upstream: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2025-11/msg00000.html

[Valentin Haudiquet (vhaudiquet)]

I have disabled utmp functionality by removing libsystemd support. That new version now passes autopkgtests (https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/results/autopkgtest-resolute-vhaudiquet-inetutils-lp2130124/resolute/amd64/i/inetutils/20251120_145022_476d1@/log.gz).

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package inetutils - 2:2.6-4ubuntu1

---------------
inetutils (2:2.6-4ubuntu1) resolute; urgency=medium

  * Merge with Debian unstable (LP: #2130124). Remaining changes:
    - Do not test the inetutils-ping package (LP #2009814)
      + d/t/test-root-commands: disable ping tests
      + d/t/control: remove inetutils-ping dependency
  * Drop changes:
    - d/patches/fix-ftbfs-ls-f.patch: Remove 'ls -f' test to prevent FTBFS (LP #2122271)
      [Fixed in 2.6-2]
  * New changes:
    - d/patches/inetutils-ttymsg-suppress-enoent: Fix UTMP support by ignoring ENOENT
      Thanks to Erik Auerswald

inetutils (2:2.6-4) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Use URL instead of FSF postal address for GPL in debian/copyright.
  * Remove «Rules-Requires-Root: no», which is the current default.
  * Remove «Priority: optional» field, which is the current default.
  * Switch to Standards-Version 4.7.2 (no changes needed).
  * Add Builde-Depends on libcrypt-dev. (Closes: #1106935)
  * Refresh debian/upstream/signing-key.asc (update expiry dates).

inetutils (2:2.6-3) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Make libsystemd-dev support linux-any specific.

inetutils (2:2.6-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Enable libsystemd support to restore utmp functionality in
    syslogd and talkd, on systems running systemd.
  * Remove bogus test for unsorted file listing, causing indeterministic
    build failures on some systems.

 -- Valentin Haudiquet <email address hidden> Mon, 01 Dec 2025 20:38:18 +0100