Sven Joachim wrote: >> On Thursday 26 of March 2009 16:20:15 Sven Joachim wrote: >>> A test in make check-root fails for me. Since I usually don't make >>> check-root, it might have been around for a while. Full log follows: ... > That /usr/local/src is setgid src seems to be the crux. After removing > the setgid bit with "chmod -R -s /usr/local/src/coreutils-7.1.81-9b653", > "make check-root" succeeds.
Great! Thanks for figuring that out. This should solve it. >From 82035963a093a66e8267e746ebef0ddcf78d9e90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering <meyer...@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:58:45 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] tests: avoid spurious test failure in set-GID build dir * tests/install/install-C-root: Skip this test if in set-gid directory. Reported by Sven Joachim and C de-Avillez. --- tests/install/install-C-root | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/tests/install/install-C-root b/tests/install/install-C-root index df2843d..d5cc2de 100755 --- a/tests/install/install-C-root +++ b/tests/install/install-C-root @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ fi . $srcdir/test-lib.sh require_root_ +"$abs_srcdir/setgid-check" u1=1 u2=2 -- 1.6.2.rc1.285.gc5f54 _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils