tree 06dd12307c90e8a275b9a065c03e7b536f065713
parent 7849e467579f64ccbbfdc4463af97a215d1ac8e3
author Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> 1493815883 +0200
committer Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> 1493816686 +0200

tests: repo: fix repo discovery tests on overlayfs

Debian and Ubuntu often use schroot to build their DEB packages in a
controlled environment. Depending on how schroot is configured, our
tests regarding repository discovery break due to not being able to find
the repositories anymore. It turns out that these errors occur when the
schroot is configured to use an overlayfs on the directory structures.

The reason for this failure is that we usually refrain from discovering
repositories across devices. But unfortunately, overlayfs does not have
consistent device identifiers for all its files but will instead use the
device number of the filesystem the file stems from. So whenever we
cross boundaries between the upper and lower layer of the overlay, we
will fail to properly detect the repository and bail out.

This commit fixes the issue by enabling cross-device discovery in our
tests. While it would be preferable to have this turned off, it probably
won't do much harm anyway as we set up our tests in a temporary location
outside of the parent repository.