[Bug 1429756] [NEW] FTBFS: test_job_process fails in majority of cases

[Martin Pitt]

Public bug reported:

As you see in the history in https://jenkins.qa.ubuntu.com/job/vivid-
adt-upstart/?, upstart's test fail almost all the time, on

ok 53 - with single line command writing fast and exiting
not ok 54 - with single line command writing lots of data fast and exiting
	wrong value for bytes, expected 3145728 got 3018027
	at tests/test_job_process.c:3886 (test_start).
1..153
FAIL: test_job_process

Sometimes they succeed on one architecture, and with lots of luck on
both, but this is way too flaky to be an useful test. This keeps
blocking the propagation of other packages from -proposed.

** Affects: upstart (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
         Status: New

** Affects: upstart (Ubuntu Vivid)
     Importance: High
         Status: New

** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

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Title:
  FTBFS: test_job_process fails in majority of cases

Status in upstart package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in upstart source package in Vivid:
  New

Bug description:
  As you see in the history in https://jenkins.qa.ubuntu.com/job/vivid-
  adt-upstart/?, upstart's test fail almost all the time, on

  ok 53 - with single line command writing fast and exiting
  not ok 54 - with single line command writing lots of data fast and exiting
  	wrong value for bytes, expected 3145728 got 3018027
  	at tests/test_job_process.c:3886 (test_start).
  1..153
  FAIL: test_job_process

  Sometimes they succeed on one architecture, and with lots of luck on
  both, but this is way too flaky to be an useful test. This keeps
  blocking the propagation of other packages from -proposed.

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