On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 03:44:27PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> I honestly think this is a foolishly complicated.
> 
> Just install the program, then run regress.  Install an older version
> without the broken changes if it doesn't work.
> 
> I tire of these interactions between environment variables,
> base build methods, fork+exec paths in privsep programs, and now
> getting tied into regress tests.
> 
> In a word, YUCK.
> 
> I think this isn't "convenience".  Rather it comes off as artifically
> complicated, trying to solve a problem which doesn't need to be exist
> at all.  Perhaps even perceiving there to be a problem which needs
> solving via such abstration is the true problem.
For me it clearly is convenient and actually less overhead.

Why elevating to root and writing to /usr for each test instead of just
pointing it at my local build?

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