Bug#850494: how to force a test that has breaks-testbed set?

[Simon McVittie]

Control: retitle 850494 should be possible to ignore test restrictions by request
Control: severity 850494 wishlist
Control: tags 850494 + patch

On Sat, 07 Jan 2017 at 08:53:13 +0100, Evgeni Golov wrote:
> the docs say:
> 
> breaks-testbed
...
>     When this restriction is present the test will usually be skipped
>     unless the testbed's virtualisation arrangements are sufficiently
>     powerful, or alternatively if the user explicitly requests.
> 
> However, I could not find any docs how to "explicitly request" this.

As far as I can see, you can't.

The attached patches add an --ignore-restrictions option compatible with
the one in sadt(1).

I would also find this facility useful when proposing new restrictions.

    S
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