Re: [OE-core] [PATCH 1/2] oeqa/runtime/ptest: Use a timeout with command, remove disabling

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

On Fri Mar 6, 2026 at 12:47 PM CET, Mathieu Dubois-Briand wrote:
> On Wed Mar 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM CET, Richard Purdie via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
>> A simple 'which' call doesn't need the timeout disabling. This was likely
>> a copy and paste error and can be removed.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
>> ---
>>  meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ptest.py | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ptest.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ptest.py
>> index 1a0782374d0..2887e136719 100644
>> --- a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ptest.py
>> +++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ptest.py
>> @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class PtestRunnerTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
>>          self.do_ptestrunner()
>>  
>>      def do_ptestrunner(self):
>> -        status, output = self.target.run('which ptest-runner', 0)
>> +        status, output = self.target.run('which ptest-runner')
>>          if status != 0:
>>              self.skipTest("No -ptest packages are installed in the image")
>>  
>

So, a bit more details. I had 4 builds with this patch, because it was
in two branches and tried some rebuilds. All 4 builds failed, but the
failing packages were not always the same:

WARNING: core-image-ptest-openssh-1.0-r0 do_testimage: Can not retrieve artifacts from test target: Error while fetching compressed artifacts
WARNING: core-image-ptest-dpkg-1.0-r0 do_testimage: Can not retrieve artifacts from test target: Error while fetching compressed artifacts
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/56/builds/1186

WARNING: core-image-ptest-openssh-1.0-r0 do_testimage: Can not retrieve artifacts from test target: Error while fetching compressed artifacts
WARNING: core-image-ptest-coreutils-1.0-r0 do_testimage: Can not retrieve artifacts from test target: Error while fetching compressed artifacts
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/56/builds/1184

WARNING: core-image-ptest-dpkg-1.0-r0 do_testimage: Can not retrieve artifacts from test target: Error while fetching compressed artifacts
WARNING: core-image-ptest-coreutils-1.0-r0 do_testimage: Can not retrieve artifacts from test target: Error while fetching compressed artifacts
WARNING: core-image-ptest-gettext-1.0-r0 do_testimage: Can not retrieve artifacts from test target: Error while fetching compressed artifacts
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/56/builds/1182

WARNING: core-image-ptest-dpkg-1.0-r0 do_testimage: Can not retrieve artifacts from test target: Error while fetching compressed artifacts
WARNING: core-image-ptest-coreutils-1.0-r0 do_testimage: Can not retrieve artifacts from test target: Error while fetching compressed artifacts
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/56/builds/1178


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Mathieu Dubois-Briand, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com