autopkgtest needs-internet (maven.org)

[Lukas Märdian]

The new DEP-8 tests (as of 1.2.24-5) have a "needs-internet" restriction. Rightfully so, as they try to access maven.org. This works in Debian's DebCI, but is incompatible with the autopkgtest.ubuntu.com infrastructure, which does not allow open internet access.

Relevant logs:
"""
 56s autopkgtest [03:29:21]: test net-and-isolated: [-----------------------
 56s + debian/run-build-tests network
 56s + case "$flavor" in
 56s + run-tests -d src/test/clojure -i :network
 56s + java -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow -cp src/main/clojure:src/test/clojure:src/test-isolated/clojure:/usr/share/java/test-runner.jar:/usr/share/java/clojure.jar:/usr/share/java/maven-resolver-provider-3.x.jar:/usr/share/java/maven-resolver-named-locks.jar:/usr/share/java/maven-resolver-api.jar:/usr/share/java/maven-resolver-spi.jar:/usr/share/java/maven-resolver-util.jar:/usr/share/java/maven-resolver-impl.jar:/usr/share/java/maven-resolver-transport-file.jar:/usr/share/java/maven-resolver-transport-http.jar:/usr/share/java/maven-resolver-transport-wagon.jar:/usr/share/java/maven-resolver-connector-basic.jar:/usr/share/java/dynapath.jar:/usr/share/java/wagon-provider-api.jar:/usr/share/java/wagon-http.jar:/usr/share/java/wagon-ssh.jar:/usr/share/java/httpclient.jar:/usr/share/java/httpcore.jar:/usr/share/java/slf4j-simple.jar:/usr/share/java/maven3-artifact.jar:/usr/share/java/maven3-model.jar:/usr/share/java/maven3-repository-metadata.jar:/usr/share/java/maven-aether-provider-3.x.jar:/usr/share/java/maven-builder-support-3.x.jar:/usr/share/java/maven-model-builder-3.x.jar:/usr/share/java/slf4j-api.jar:/usr/share/java/wagon-http-shared.jar:/usr/share/java/commons-logging.jar:/usr/share/java/commons-codec.jar:/usr/share/java/commons-io.jar:/usr/share/java/commons-lang3.jar:/usr/share/java/plexus-interpolation.jar:/usr/share/java/plexus-utils2.jar:/usr/share/java/plexus-component-annotations-1.5.jar clojure.main -m cognitect.test-runner -d src/test/clojure -i :network
 58s
 58s Running tests in #{"src/test/clojure"}
 58s
 58s Testing cemerick.pomegranate.aether-test
 58s === resolve-deps-with-wildcard-override-mirror [clj 1.12.0 jdk 21.0.8]
192s Aug 14, 2025 3:31:36 AM org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec execute
192s INFO: I/O exception (java.net.SocketException) caught when processing request to {s}->https://repo1.maven.org:443: Network is unreachable
192s Aug 14, 2025 3:31:37 AM org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec execute
192s INFO: Retrying request to {s}->https://repo1.maven.org:443
"""

The debian/tests/net-and-isolated defines a "network" and "isolated" variant of "debian/run-build-tests". We should probably just disable the "network" variant in Ubuntu, due to incompatibility.

[Lukas Märdian (slyon)]

Looks like the "isolated" tests are still trying to access maven.org and are therefore incompatible with Ubuntu's test infrastructure. See attached MR for PPA test analysis.

Probably we should just get this test hinted and accept it to be failing, without holding back anything else, until it gets fixed to being able to run in offline environments.

[Lukas Märdian (slyon)]

I filed a "force-badtest" hint, as even the "isolated" test needs open internet access, thus is incompatible with Ubuntu's infrastructure.

https://code.launchpad.net/~slyon/britney/+git/hints-ubuntu/+merge/490832

I filed the hint against the specific version, so that the current version can migrate. Once that's done, we can run "migration-reference/0" to avoid it from blocking anything else. Should the test start to become functional in a future version, it can just turn green and be helpful again.