Tobias Geerinckx-Rice writes:
> mikadoZero, > > mikadoZero wrote: >> Looking at "2.3 Running the Test Suite" of the manual it does not >> mention that tests should be run as a non root user. > > I guess this is one of those (Unix-)cultural knowledge things: it > wouldn't even occur to me to build or test anything as root unless > explicitly asked to do so :-) > >> The test `tests/pack` fails when `make check` is run as a root user. >> It >> does not fail when run as a non root user. I found this example by >> running `make check TESTS="tests/pack.scm"`. Is this an issue for >> many >> tests? >> >> I can prepare a patch for the relevant part (parts if this also >> applies >> to `make check-system` as well) in "2.3 Running the Test Suite" of >> the >> manual. > > Thanks for the offer! I think adding yet another gotcha to the manual > should be a last resort, though. Many people still miss them and get > into trouble (and on to IRC). > > Could we, in order of preference: > > - make these tests pass even when run as root? (I guess not?) > - skip them and add ‘n tests not run as root’ to the final tally? > - refuse to even start the test suite as root? > > What ‘root’ means here will depend on why these tests are failing. > > Kind regards, > > T G-R Preventing the issue instead of warning of it in the manual sounds like a better solution to me.
