Not sure why you would ever build coreutils like this, but I guess the
test case should pass if ./configure allows it.
-- 8< --
* tests/cp/capability.sh: Check that --preserve=xattr fails when
extended attributes cannot be copied. Check that --preserve=all creates
the copy successfully even if extended attributes cannot be copied.
---
tests/cp/capability.sh | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tests/cp/capability.sh b/tests/cp/capability.sh
index edc54c674..2efdfda3f 100755
--- a/tests/cp/capability.sh
+++ b/tests/cp/capability.sh
@@ -39,14 +39,47 @@ setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=ep' file ||
getcap file | grep cap_net_bind_service >/dev/null ||
skip_ "getcap doesn't work"
-cp --preserve=xattr file copy1 || fail=1
+# When configured with --disable-xattr, 'cp --preserve=xattr' will fail
+# before the copy is created because it cannot preserve extended attributes.
+cp --preserve=xattr file copy1 >out 2>err
+ret=$?
+compare /dev/null out || fail=1
+if ! grep '^#define USE_XATTR 1' $CONFIG_HEADER > /dev/null; then
+ cat <<\EOF >exp || framework_failure_
+cp: cannot preserve extended attributes, cp is built without xattr support
+EOF
+ compare exp err || fail=1
+ test "$ret" = 1 || fail=1
+ returns_ 1 test -f copy1 || fail=1
+else
+ compare /dev/null err || fail=1
+ test "$ret" = 0 || fail=1
+fi
# Before coreutils 8.5 the capabilities would not be preserved,
# as the owner was set _after_ copying xattrs, thus clearing any capabilities.
-cp --preserve=all file copy2 || fail=1
+cp --preserve=all file copy2 >out >err || fail=1
+compare /dev/null out || fail=1
+compare /dev/null err || fail=1
-for file in copy1 copy2; do
- getcap $file | grep cap_net_bind_service >/dev/null || fail=1
+# When configured with --disable-xattr, 'cp --preserve=all' will exit
+# normally without extended attributes copied.
+if ! grep '^#define USE_XATTR 1' $CONFIG_HEADER > /dev/null; then
+ copies=copy2
+ check_capabilities ()
+ {
+ getcap $1 | returns_ 1 grep cap_net_bind_service >/dev/null || fail=1
+ }
+else
+ copies='copy1 copy2'
+ check_capabilities ()
+ {
+ getcap $1 | grep cap_net_bind_service >/dev/null || fail=1
+ }
+fi
+
+for file in $copies; do
+ check_capabilities $file
done
Exit $fail
--
2.55.0
