spread tests fail on non-interactive prompt in ruby/legacy-pull

Metadata

Project: snapcraft (launchpad)
Number: #1834766
Type: issue
State: open
Author: ~techtonik
Labels: —
Created: 2019-06-30 06:15 AM UTC
Updated: 2019-06-30 06:15 AM UTC
Closed: —

Current evaluation

2019 CI timeout in ruby/legacy-pull spread test from interactive apt prompt during legacy snapcraft pull; zero maintainer interaction, legacy pull command and Travis CI no longer exist in current codebase.

Suggested action: close stale

Reason: The issue references a June 2019 Travis CI job and the legacy snapcraft pull command, both of which are obsolete: the repo now uses GitHub Actions (.github/workflows/ with 11 files) and the current codebase structure (parts, extensions, linters) reflects snapcraft 8.x which removed all legacy commands. With 2620 days of inactivity, zero comments, and no labels, the original problem is no longer reproducible in the current codebase.

Impact: 15 Quick Win: 9.75 Staleness: 95 Complexity: 35 Confidence: 70 Support Request: 10

Issue body

https://travis-ci.org/snapcore/snapcraft/jobs/552155933 ... 2019-06-29 14:55:24 WARNING: jun291409-049240 (google:ubuntu-18.04-64:tests/spread/plugins/ruby/legacy-pull) running late. Current output: ----- (...) Restart services during package upgrades without asking? [yes/no] ----- . The job exceeded the maximum time limit for jobs, and has been terminated. Looks like the message is shows when a package installation requires configuration https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/146283/how-to-prevent-prompt-that-ask-to-restart-services-when-installing-libpq-dev The solution is to add `export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive` to apt install command, but it is not clear where these command are. Failing legacy-pull task doesn't contain and `apt` commands https://github.com/snapcore/snapcraft/blob/master/tests/spread/plugins/ruby/legacy-pull/task.yaml and main `spread.yaml` is shared between tests, but they do not fail. So the problem should be in legacy `snapcraft pull` that probably fetches packages in interactive mode.

Evaluation history

Date	Model	Scores	Action	Summary
2026-09-01 08:57 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.8-27b	Impact: 15 Quick Win: 9.75 Staleness: 95 Complexity: 35 Confidence: 70 Support Request: 10	close stale	2019 CI timeout in ruby/legacy-pull spread test from interactive apt prompt during legacy snapcraft pull; zero maintainer interaction, legacy pull command and Travis CI no longer exist in current codebase.
2026-07-23 12:00 PM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 98 Complexity: 20 Confidence: 90 Support Request: 10	close stale	Legacy snapcraft pull tests time out due to interactive DEBIAN_FRONTEND prompt during package installation. Issue is over 7 years old with no maintainer response or labels.
2026-07-22 12:21 PM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 98 Complexity: 35 Confidence: 90 Support Request: 10	close stale	Spread tests time out due to an interactive Debian package prompt during legacy snapcraft pull. No maintainer response in over 7 years.
2026-07-10 03:28 AM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 98 Complexity: 20 Confidence: 90 Support Request: 10	close stale	Spread tests for ruby/legacy-pull timeout due to interactive apt prompt. Issue is 7 years old with no maintainer response, targeting deprecated legacy test infrastructure.
2026-06-21 05:48 PM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 95 Complexity: 35 Confidence: 90 Support Request: 10	close stale	Spread tests for ruby/legacy-pull time out due to interactive apt prompts during package installation. Issue is 7 years old with no maintainer response or labels.

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