tests/avocado: ppc_hv_tests.py set alpine time before setup-alpine

If the time is wrong, setup-alpine SSL certificate checks can fail.
setup-alpine is used to bring up the network, but it doesn't seem
to to set NTP time before the failing SSL checks. This test has
recently started failing presumably because the default time has
now fallen too far behind.

Fix this by setting time from the host time before running setup-alpine.

Fixes: c9cb496710 ("tests/avocado: ppc add hypervisor tests")
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>

tests/avocado/ppc_hv_tests.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import os
 import time
 import subprocess
+from datetime import datetime
 
 deps = ["xorriso"] # dependent tools needed in the test setup/box.
 
@@ -107,6 +108,8 @@ def do_start_alpine(self):
         exec_command(self, 'root')
         wait_for_console_pattern(self, 'localhost login:')
         wait_for_console_pattern(self, 'You may change this message by editing /etc/motd.')
+        # If the time is wrong, SSL certificates can fail.
+        exec_command(self, 'date -s "' + datetime.utcnow().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' + '"'))
         exec_command(self, 'setup-alpine -qe')
         wait_for_console_pattern(self, 'Updating repository indexes... done.')