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

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

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

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Mathieu Dubois-Briand, Bootlin
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