tp-smapi/speakout: testing now repeatedly failing attempting to install packages

Bug #1588199 reported by Andy Whitcroft
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autopkgtest (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

We are seeing repeated failures of previously testable packages seemingly only in older series. Both speakout and tp-smapi are have failed on retry 3-4 times on all architectures:

    adt-run [20:14:45]: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ apt-source speakup
    E: Command line option --only-source is not understood
    blame: speakup
    badpkg: rules extract failed with exit code 1
    adt-run [20:14:45]: ERROR: erroneous package: rules extract failed with exit code 1

Some examples:

https://objectstorage.prodstack4-5.canonical.com/v1/AUTH_77e2ada1e7a84929a74ba3b87153c0ac/autopkgtest-trusty/trusty/amd64/s/speakup/20160601_201454@/log.gz
https://objectstorage.prodstack4-5.canonical.com/v1/AUTH_77e2ada1e7a84929a74ba3b87153c0ac/autopkgtest-trusty/trusty/amd64/t/tp-smapi/20160601_201442@/log.gz

Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in autopkgtest (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
assignee: nobody → Martin Pitt (pitti)
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

This is because tp-smapi and speakup sources lack a "Package-List:" entry in "apt-cache showsrc". These two packages haven't changed between oneiric and xenial (tp-smapi), or between oneiric and wily (speakup), so it's plausible that before precise some dpkg or Launchpad change caused Package-Lists: to get added.

Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in autopkgtest (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → In Progress
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :
Changed in autopkgtest (Ubuntu):
assignee: Martin Pitt (pitti) → nobody
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package autopkgtest - 3.20.9

---------------
autopkgtest (3.20.9) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Fix "apt-get source" version detection for very old source packages that
    don't have "Package-List:" yet. (LP: #1588199)
  * Skip NullRunner.test_apt_source_nonexisting test instead of failing if
    there are no deb-src apt sources configured on the host.

 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Thu, 02 Jun 2016 22:22:45 +0200

Changed in autopkgtest (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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