On 01/02/13 13:24, Chirantan Ekbote wrote: > Fixes FS#33551. > > Signed-off-by: Chirantan Ekbote <[email protected]> > --- > test/pacman/README | 13 +++++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/test/pacman/README b/test/pacman/README > index e563379..9f1af7d 100644 > --- a/test/pacman/README > +++ b/test/pacman/README > @@ -52,8 +52,17 @@ Upon completion, it checks that: > Installation > ============ > > -Simply extract the pactest tarball, jump into the newly created directory > and > -run pactest.py. See the usage section below. > +You will need to build and install two libraries before running any > +tests. > + > +fakeroot > +http://fakeroot.alioth.debian.org > + > +fakechroot > +http://fakechroot.alioth.debian.org > + > +To test pacman simply extract the pactest tarball, jump into the newly > +created directory and run pactest.py. See the usage section below. > > Remark: pacman 3.x restrictions regarding fakeroot must be disabled. > It can be done by configuring pacman with the --disable-fakeroot flag: >
Committed to my working branch as this: From: Chirantan Ekbote <[email protected]> Subject: [PATCH] Document fakeroot and fakechroot as dependencies Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <[email protected]> --- test/pacman/README | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/test/pacman/README b/test/pacman/README index b6189d2..958ff28 100644 --- a/test/pacman/README +++ b/test/pacman/README @@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ Note: several "--test" options can be passed to pactest. Use the "help" option to get the full list of parameters: ./pactest.py --help +The following pieces of software are required to run the pactest suite: + +fakeroot (required to run as non-root user) +http://fakeroot.alioth.debian.org + +fakechroot +http://fakechroot.alioth.debian.org + Parameters ========== -- 1.8.1.2
