[Bug 1165128] [NEW] skip tests where a dependency limits architecture

[Julian Taylor]

Public bug reported:

now that we have armhf in the qa jenkins builds we now get failures due to uninstallable packages.
See https://jenkins.qa.ubuntu.com/view/Raring/view/AutoPkgTest/job/raring-adt-python-scipy-armhf/
Here openblas does not install because it does not exist for != x86,ppc

The most logical way to fix this is to properly support the dpkg dependency syntax as stated in the DEP8 spec. This includes architecture qualifications.
Then autopkgtest can simply skip the tests where the used architecture is excluded in a dependency.
Alternatively one could extend the spec to add an Architecture field.

** Affects: autopkgtest (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  now that we have armhf in the qa jenkins builds we now get failures due to uninstallable packages.
  See https://jenkins.qa.ubuntu.com/view/Raring/view/AutoPkgTest/job/raring-adt-python-scipy-armhf/
  Here openblas does not install because it does not exist for != x86,ppc
  
- The most logical way to fix this is to properly support the dpkg dependency syntax including architecture qualifications.
+ The most logical way to fix this is to properly support the dpkg dependency syntax as stated in the DEP8 spec. This includes architecture qualifications.
  Then autopkgtest can simply skip the tests where the used architecture is excluded in a dependency.

** Description changed:

  now that we have armhf in the qa jenkins builds we now get failures due to uninstallable packages.
  See https://jenkins.qa.ubuntu.com/view/Raring/view/AutoPkgTest/job/raring-adt-python-scipy-armhf/
  Here openblas does not install because it does not exist for != x86,ppc
  
  The most logical way to fix this is to properly support the dpkg dependency syntax as stated in the DEP8 spec. This includes architecture qualifications.
  Then autopkgtest can simply skip the tests where the used architecture is excluded in a dependency.
+ Alternatively one could extend the spec to add an Architecture field.

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Title:
  skip tests where a dependency limits architecture

Status in “autopkgtest” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  now that we have armhf in the qa jenkins builds we now get failures due to uninstallable packages.
  See https://jenkins.qa.ubuntu.com/view/Raring/view/AutoPkgTest/job/raring-adt-python-scipy-armhf/
  Here openblas does not install because it does not exist for != x86,ppc

  The most logical way to fix this is to properly support the dpkg dependency syntax as stated in the DEP8 spec. This includes architecture qualifications.
  Then autopkgtest can simply skip the tests where the used architecture is excluded in a dependency.
  Alternatively one could extend the spec to add an Architecture field.

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