Test suite generic/lshw.py is ERROR due to package installation during setup about avocado-misc-tests

[fkromer]

@harish-24 I tried it again after "restore" of initial system state with sudo apt-get purge lshw. The ERROR doesn't show up when executed with sudo. Is it suitable to add the privileged tag to the test?

[PraveenPenguin]

closing this issue as PR #785 merged , @fkromer if this solution not works for you please feel free to reopen

[harish-24]

@fkromer Could you run the test using "sudo" from cmdline and check?

[harish-24]

@fkromer Not sure about that. Because most of the test installs some primary/dependency packages. In that case I guess most of the tests are privileged. @narasimhan-v @PraveenPenguin Can you comment on this?

[sacsant]

Per man page for lshw command
"NOTES
lshw must be run as super user or it will only report partial information."

We should add privileged tag to this test case.

[PraveenPenguin]

PR #785 address this issue

[fkromer]

@harish-24 Right. For me it is sufficient to know that I need to run as su. I am just asking because the tagging as privileged is inconsistent. For a user either having "all" test tagged or no test would be easier to understand. Probably one could skip privileged completely then.