Your message dated Fri, 30 May 2014 23:05:24 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#749729: autopkgtest: cannot make tests executable in
read only directory
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regarding autopkgtest: cannot make tests executable in read only directory
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: autopkgtest
Severity: minor
Control: affects -1 sadt
Hello. doc/README.package-tests states:
The cwd of each test is guaranteed to be the root of the source
package. [...] Tests may not modify the source tree [...].
If the file to be executed has no execute bits set, chmod a+x is
applied to it. [...]
Adt-run uses a temporary copy of the tests, while sadt uses the
original ones from the source directory. Both call chown, and the
latter will fail if ever used in a read-only source directory.
These statements should be clarified to avoid contradictory
interpretations before sadt is considered buggy.
I would appreciate a solution keeping both benefits, by requiring the
tests to be copied in a temp dir for example.
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Thanks for the explanation. Tests are not allowed to write into the
source tree, but test runners are.
However, I suggest that sadt skips non executable tests with a warning
and documents this behaviour (as it does with missing dependencies),
or displays a warning when modifying the permissions. It took me some
time to find who was interfering with my version control system.
--- End Message ---
