Bug#864340: mariadb-10.1 FTBFS on mips64el on Loongson: Installing system database killed with signal TERM after 150 minutes of inactivity

Source: mariadb-10.1
Version: 10.1.22-3
Severity: serious

https://buildd.debian.org/status/logs.php?pkg=mariadb-10.1&arch=mips64el

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# Run testsuite
cd builddir/mysql-test && ./mtr --force --testcase-timeout=30 --suite-timeout=540 --retry=3 --parallel=4 --skip-test-list=unstable-tests  || exit 1 ;
Logging: /«PKGBUILDDIR»/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl  --force --testcase-timeout=30 --suite-timeout=540 --retry=3 --parallel=4 --skip-test-list=unstable-tests
vardir: /«PKGBUILDDIR»/builddir/mysql-test/var
Removing old var directory...
Creating var directory '/«PKGBUILDDIR»/builddir/mysql-test/var'...
Checking supported features...
MariaDB Version 10.1.24-MariaDB-3
 - SSL connections supported
Sphinx 'indexer' binary not found, sphinx suite will be skipped
Using suites: main-,archive-,binlog-,binlog_encryption-,csv-,encryption-,federated-,funcs_1-,funcs_2-,handler-,heap-,innodb-,innodb_fts-,innodb_zip-,maria-,mariabackup-,multi_source-,optimizer_unfixed_bugs-,parts-,percona-,perfschema-,plugins-,roles-,rpl-,sys_vars-,unit-,vcol-,wsrep-,connect,mroonga/wrapper,mroonga/storage,oqgraph,sequence,spider,spider/bg,sql_discovery,metadata_lock_info,query_response_time
Collecting tests...
Installing system database...
debian/rules:92: recipe for target 'override_dh_auto_test' failed
make[1]: *** [override_dh_auto_test] Terminated
E: Caught signal ‘Terminated’: terminating immediately
make: *** wait: No child processes.  Stop.
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make: *** wait: No child processes.  Stop.
Build killed with signal TERM after 150 minutes of inactivity


It seems to always fail on Loongson buildds but never on others.

Based on how it fails, I suspect mariadb-10.1 on mips64el is
completely broken on Loongson.