Unable to install qemu-system (from repo) on midway due to dependency issues on saucy-based nano/server rootfs

I changed the test to install vde2... no difference in behavior. I think vde2 was only recommended anyway.

The problem is probably not with qemu-system, but something with qemu-linaro-keymaps or one of its dependencies:

+ sudo apt-get -y install qemu-system libvirt-bin python-libvirt ntpdate
...
ntpdate is already the newest version.
 Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
 requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
 distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
 or been moved out of Incoming.
 The following information may help to resolve the situation:

 The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  qemu-system : Depends: qemu-linaro-keymaps (>= 1.7.0-2013.12+git74+20140224+c58e291-1linarosaucy2) but it is not going to be installed
 E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I'm able to reproduce. it seems qemu-linaro-keymaps 1.7.0-2013.12+git74 binary package is missing from repo.linaro.org.

Relevant CI jobs:
https://ci.linaro.org/jenkins/job/ubuntu-builder/169/console
https://ci.linaro.org/jenkins/job/post-build-repo/278/console

we can see the package qemu-linaro-keymaps isn't generated and as a result, not uploaded.

Ah, ok. That's what I was about to mention. I ran again, forcing an install of qemu-linaro-keymaps, and got this:

  qemu-system : Depends: qemu-linaro-keymaps (>= 1.7.0-2013.12+git74+20140224+c58e291-1linarosaucy2) but 1.7.0-2013.12+git73+20140221+105a060-1linarosaucy2 is to be installed

So, at least an older version is there, but not the one it wants.

Any idea why it's installing when the test runs on Arndale, but not Midway?

I can fix this tomorrow, probably something wonky with repo. Also, for apt-get problems, please provide the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list and all files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*

There is probably some difference in the files in your midway/arndale setups.

It doesn't work on Arndale either. It worked until build #73 but is broken since build #74:
https://validation.linaro.org/scheduler/job/112673/log_file#L_31_766

For some reason, x86_64 static builds stopped working with the same toolchain that built last time succesfully. The fixes should be there (knock wood), but we'll only know until the build finishes.

> we can see the package qemu-linaro-keymaps isn't generated and as a result, not uploaded.

This is expected for armhf builds. keymaps is arch all package, which we build as part of x86_64 build.

Thanks Riku. Fix verified.