Re: [OE-core][PATCH v3] systemd: re-enable ptest support

["Mathieu Dubois-Briand" <mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com>]

On Tue Sep 8, 2026 at 8:59 AM CEST, Mathieu Dubois-Briand wrote:
> On Mon Sep 7, 2026 at 1:45 PM CEST, Himani Ramesh Barde via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
>> ptest support for systemd was dropped in 2018 (commit 906230a73b3c)
>> when the recipe switched to meson, as there was no easy way to install
>> and run the test suite. Current systemd and meson resolve this: the
>> meson 'install-tests' option installs the unit-test binaries and a
>> run-unit-tests.py runner under ${prefix}/lib/systemd/tests, and
>> run-unit-tests.py already emits PASS:/SKIP: results per test.
>>
>> Add a 'tests' PACKAGECONFIG gated on PTEST_ENABLED that sets -Dtests
>> and -Dinstall-tests and pulls in python3-pefile-native (needed to build
>> the boot hwids test). do_install_ptest relocates the installed tests
>> into ${PTEST_PATH} and drops the mkosi/integration-tests harness (which
>> needs a booted system). A run-ptest wrapper drives run-unit-tests.py,
>> and systemd is registered in ptest-packagelists.inc.
>>
>> The test/units integration tests, which require a booted system, are
>> out of scope here and can be addressed separately.
>>
>> Verified on oe-core master (261.2, qemux86-64): with ptest enabled, 342
>> unit-test binaries plus run-unit-tests.py install into ${PTEST_PATH} and
>> systemd-ptest packages cleanly with no QA errors.
>>
>> [YOCTO #16386]
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Himani Ramesh Barde <HimaniRamesh.Barde@windriver.com>
>> ---
>
> Hi Himani Ramesh,
>
> This is failing on the autobuilder, as we are running ptests using the
> poky distro, but poky does not have systemd DISTRO_FEATURES. I'm not
> sure how we can fix this, but we might need to hack a bit.
>
> Do you know how it was working before it was dropped in 2018?
>
> Thanks,
> Mathieu

Sorry, I forgot to add the log:

ERROR: Nothing RPROVIDES 'systemd-ptest' (but virtual:mcextend:systemd:/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/qemuarm64-ptest/build/layers/openembedded-core/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-ptest.bb RDEPENDS on or otherwise requires it)
systemd RPROVIDES systemd-ptest but was skipped: using DISTRO 'poky', which is missing required DISTRO_FEATURES: 'systemd usrmerge'
NOTE: Runtime target 'systemd-ptest' is unbuildable, removing...
Missing or unbuildable dependency chain was: ['systemd-ptest']
NOTE: Runtime target 'core-image-ptest-all' is unbuildable, removing...
Missing or unbuildable dependency chain was: ['core-image-ptest-all', 'core-image-ptest-systemd', 'systemd-ptest']
NOTE: Runtime target 'core-image-ptest-all-dev' is unbuildable, removing...
Missing or unbuildable dependency chain was: ['core-image-ptest-all-dev', 'core-image-ptest-systemd', 'systemd-ptest']
ERROR: Nothing RPROVIDES 'core-image-ptest-systemd'
No eligible RPROVIDERs exist for 'core-image-ptest-systemd'
NOTE: Runtime target 'core-image-ptest-systemd' is unbuildable, removing...
Missing or unbuildable dependency chain was: ['core-image-ptest-systemd']

https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/61/builds/4482
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/73/builds/4509
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/109/builds/1157
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/110/builds/1137

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Mathieu Dubois-Briand, Bootlin
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