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[Paride Legovini <2056334@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Heh, this can indeed be surprising, the only reason I knew is because
I've been bitten by this in the past.

Neither me nor Paul immediately why that built-tree detection and
treatment is needed; what I can see is that it was implemented a long
time ago, likely for good reasons we'll need to figure out before
changing the existing behavior.

** Summary changed:

- wrong version when building a package that's already part of the initial image
+ autopkgtest <src/pkg/directory> "built tree" detection is surprising and not well documented

** Changed in: autopkgtest (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Triaged

** Changed in: autopkgtest (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

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Title:
  autopkgtest <src/pkg/directory> "built tree" detection is surprising
  and not well documented

Status in autopkgtest package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  While working on needrestart autopkgtests, I've run into issues
  testing it using my standard invocation:

  autopkgtest . -U -- lxd autopkgtest/ubuntu/noble/amd64

  The runner wouldn't install the built package but would just keep
  whichever version is in the archive, while still using the new sources
  for getting the test scripts, which of course would result in failures
  :)

  It works fine with packages not part of the base image, e.g. hello.

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