Autopkgtest: Don't trigger tests for alternative gcc-*

Sources like gcc-snapshot or gcc-4.7 are not the default compiler any more and
thus triggering kernels etc. is just a waste.

autopkgtest.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import json
 import tarfile
 import io
 import copy
+import re
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 from urllib.request import urlopen
 
@@ -156,12 +157,13 @@ class AutoPackageTest(object):
                     pass
             return tests
 
-        # gcc-* triggers tons of tests via libgcc1, but this is mostly in vain:
+        # gcc-N triggers tons of tests via libgcc1, but this is mostly in vain:
         # gcc already tests itself during build, and it is being used from
         # -proposed, so holding it back on a dozen unrelated test failures
         # serves no purpose. Just check some key packages which actually use
         # gcc during the test, and libreoffice as an example for a libgcc user.
         if src.startswith('gcc-'):
+            if re.match('gcc-\d$', src):
                 for test in ['binutils', 'fglrx-installer', 'libreoffice', 'linux']:
                     try:
                         tests.append((test, self.britney.sources['testing'][test][VERSION]))
@@ -169,6 +171,10 @@ class AutoPackageTest(object):
                         # no package in that series? *shrug*, then not (mostly for testing)
                         pass
                 return tests
+            else:
+                # for other compilers such as gcc-snapshot etc. we don't need
+                # to trigger anything
+                return []
 
         srcinfo = sources_info[src]
         # we want to test the package itself, if it still has a test in

tests/test_autopkgtest.py

@@ -1513,6 +1513,17 @@ fancy 1 i386 linux-meta-lts-grumpy 1
                                'linux 1': {'amd64': 'RUNNING', 'i386': 'RUNNING'}})})[1]
         self.assertNotIn('notme 1', exc['gcc-5']['tests']['autopkgtest'])
 
+    def test_alternative_gcc(self):
+        '''alternative gcc does not trigger anything'''
+
+        self.data.add('binutils', False, {}, testsuite='autopkgtest')
+        self.data.add('notme', False, {'Depends': 'libgcc1'}, testsuite='autopkgtest')
+
+        exc = self.do_test(
+            [('libgcc1', {'Source': 'gcc-snapshot', 'Version': '2'}, None)],
+            {'gcc-snapshot': (True, {})})[1]
+        self.assertNotIn('autopkgtest', exc['gcc-snapshot']['tests'])
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()