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?
