Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 09/06/2012 11:09 AM, Jim Meyering wrote: >> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS >> index 63fa042..6941721 100644 >> --- a/NEWS >> +++ b/NEWS >> @@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- >> >> ** Improvements >> >> + root-only tests now check for permissions of our dummy user, >> + $NON_ROOT_USERNAME, before trying to run binaries from the build >> directory. >> + Before, we would get hard-to-diagnose reports of failing root-only tests. >> + Now, those tests are skipped with a useful diagnostic when the root tests >> + are run without following the instructions in README. >> + > > Minor point is that this isn't really an improvement visible to users > We've previously used this header for such info: ** Build-related
Good point. Thanks. Adjusted.
