On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 11:37:26AM -0400, Dwayne B. Bent wrote:
> Adds a test that asserts that when pasta is invoked via `unshare -r` in
> standalone mode with `--netns-only` it does not print any warnings, and
> the command executes successfully.
> 
> Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol
> Signed-off-by: Dwayne B. Bent <dbb@dbb.dev>

Content LGTM, however there's a detail in the packaging:

Although having the test before the fix is obviously the right order
while developing and testing it, for final merge we want the test
either after the fix, or folded into the same patch: that way we don't
risk breaking future bisects.

> ---
>  test/pasta_options/netns_only | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  test/run                      |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 test/pasta_options/netns_only
> 
> diff --git a/test/pasta_options/netns_only b/test/pasta_options/netns_only
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..197ed44
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/test/pasta_options/netns_only
> @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> +#
> +# PASST - Plug A Simple Socket Transport
> +#  for qemu/UNIX domain socket mode
> +#
> +# PASTA - Pack A Subtle Tap Abstraction
> +#  for network namespace/tap device mode
> +#
> +# test/pasta_options/netns_only - Check --netns-only handling
> +
> +htools	unshare grep
> +
> +test	--netns-only skips id mapping configuration
> +set	OUT __STATEDIR__/netns-only.out
> +set	ERR __STATEDIR__/netns-only.err
> +
> +passt	unshare -r -- ./pasta -q --netns-only -- echo TEST > __OUT__ 2> __ERR__
> +check	grep -qx TEST __OUT__
> +check	[ ! -s __ERR__ ]
> diff --git a/test/run b/test/run
> index f858e55..c4073cc 100755
> --- a/test/run
> +++ b/test/run
> @@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ run() {
>  
>  	setup pasta_options
>  	test pasta_options/log_to_file
> +	test pasta_options/netns_only
>  	teardown pasta_options
>  
>  	setup build
> -- 
> 2.55.0
> 

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