build.kde.org and `ping`

[David Faure]

On Sunday 03 November 2013 12:42:24 Ben Cooksley wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 12:27 PM, David Faure <faure at kde.org> wrote:
> > This error:
> > 
> > http://build.kde.org/job/kdelibs_stable/886/testReport/(root)/TestSuite/kp
> > typrocesstest/
> > 
> > is caused by this:
> > 
> > jenkins at slave1:/srv/jenkins/workspace/kdelibs_master/build> ping -i 0.5
> > localhost
> > ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted
> > 
> > because the code is doing exactly this:
> > 
> > void KPtyProcessTest::test_suspend_pty()
> > {
> > 
> >     KPtyProcess p;
> >     p.setPtyChannels(KPtyProcess::AllChannels);
> >     p.setProgram("ping", QStringList() << "-i" << "0.5" << "localhost");
> >     p.start();
> >     
> >     // verify that data is available to read from the pty
> >     QVERIFY(p.pty()->waitForReadyRead(1500));
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > 
> > Should we
> > 1) change build.kde.org's setup to allow running ping?
> > 2) write a helper program to replace ping? [sounds like the correct
> > solution, but
> > 
> >   needs a volunteer, since this kpty stuff isn't really maintained
> >   anymore]
> > 
> > 3) skip the test when that first check fails?
> 
> It should already have been allowing ping to run - I have just conducted
> some tests and it seems to work fine. I have reinstalled the "iputils"
> package on slave1 however just in case.
> 
> Can you please retest?

Yep, now running ping as the jenkins user works, thanks!
I've triggered a new kdelibs_stable build, we'll see if it goes back to green.

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David Faure, faure at kde.org, http://www.davidfaure.fr
Working on KDE, in particular KDE Frameworks 5