Re: avocado test failing INTERRUPTED for "Missing asset"

[Thomas Huth]

On 26/07/2023 09.33, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> On 25/7/23 19:13, Peter Maydell wrote:
> > Currently this CI job is failing:
> >
> > https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/jobs/4737819946
> >
> > because:
> >
> > (05/59) 
> > tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py:BootLinuxConsole.test_arm_exynos4210_initrd:
> > INTERRUPTED: Missing asset
> > https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20190928T224601Z/pool/main/l/linux/linux-image-4.19.0-6-armmp_4.19.67-2+deb10u1_armhf.deb\nRunner
> > error occurred: Timeout reached\nOriginal status: CANCEL\n{'name':
> > '05-tests/avocado/boot_linux_console... (90.67 s)
> >
> > Why is a "Missing asset" causing a timeout after 90 seconds,
> > rather than being accounted as a "SKIP" ("missing requirements
> > in the test environment" sounds like what we have here) ?
>
> Maybe something to report to upstream Avocado.

We're back to using Avocado v88.1 in QEMU. We first need someone who can 
update to the latest Avocado release and take care of the remaining 
problems... This is *very* frustrating.

 Thomas