-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 tests/ignfail.at wants to skip for the super-user, but instead skips if / is writeable by the current user. But in cygwin installations, / often is writeable by the current user, even though they do not have super-user priveleges, and the test is being skipped when it need not be. The check for skipping the test should be altered to come up with a more accurate check for super-user (perhaps by trying to create a subdirectory, stripping access rights, then seeing if the directory is still readable).
Meanwhile, while trying to experiment with what changes would make the test run on cygwin, I found that the 1.15.1 tarball is incomplete: make[2]: Entering directory `/home/eblake/tar-1.15.1/tests' /bin/sh /home/eblake/tar-1.15.1/config/missing --run autom4te - --language=autotest -I . testsuite.at -o testsuite.tmp testsuite.at:67: /usr/bin/m4: Cannot open append.at: No such file or directory autom4te-2.5x: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1 make[2]: *** [testsuite] Error 1 Any reason why tests/Makefile.am omits append.at from TESTSUITE_AT? - -- Life is short - so eat dessert first! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFC/lRt84KuGfSFAYARAhVjAJ4vrTPXQ4jtM9lPko00BSaqNYT4xgCgjxI3 lQILUbh0a1GLoM1xjmNl6sI= =Z3Ia -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-tar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-tar
