Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> wrote: > Hi Jim, > > Jim Meyering wrote: >> Here's more detail for the test-copy-file failure: >> [Bruno, the output you see below is slightly different that you might >> expect because I modified the script to use diff -c rather than cmp. ] >> >> + /tmp/testdir/gltests/test-copy-file tmpfile0 tmpfile1 >> + /tmp/testdir/gltests/test-sameacls tmpfile0 tmpfile1 >> + func_test_same_acls tmpfile0 tmpfile1 >> + getfacl tmpfile0 >> + sed -e s/tmpfile0/FILENAME/g >> + getfacl tmpfile1 >> + sed -e s/tmpfile1/FILENAME/g >> + diff -c tmpaclout1 tmpaclout2 >> + test linux '!=' none >> ++ id -u >> + myuid=500 >> ++ id -g >> + mygid=500 >> + auid=1 >> + test 1 = 500 >> + agid=1 >> + test 1 = 500 >> + case $acl_flavor in >> + setfacl -m user:1:1 tmpfile0 >> + func_test_copy tmpfile0 tmpfile2 >> + /tmp/testdir/gltests/test-copy-file tmpfile0 tmpfile2 >> + /tmp/testdir/gltests/test-sameacls tmpfile0 tmpfile2 >> + func_test_same_acls tmpfile0 tmpfile2 >> + getfacl tmpfile0 >> + sed -e s/tmpfile0/FILENAME/g >> + getfacl tmpfile2 >> + sed -e s/tmpfile2/FILENAME/g >> + diff -c tmpaclout1 tmpaclout2 >> *** tmpaclout1 2009-01-13 09:53:52.769123471 +0100 >> --- tmpaclout2 2009-01-13 09:53:52.770123229 +0100 >> *************** >> *** 2,9 **** >> # owner: meyering >> # group: meyering >> user::rw- >> ! user:bin:--x >> ! group::--- >> ! mask::--x >> other::--- >> >> --- 2,7 ---- >> # owner: meyering >> # group: meyering >> user::rw- >> ! group::--x >> other::--- >> >> + exit 1 >> + exit 1 >> FAIL: test-copy-file.sh
Hi Bruno, Thanks for investigating. > It's very surprising to see this test fail on Linux. The two ACLs (of the > original file and of the copied file) are indeed different. To get more > insight > into the problem, I would use a testdir created with > $ gnulib-tool --create-testdir --with-tests acl > and look at the tests in this order: > test-file-has-acl.sh > test-set-mode-acl.sh > test-copy-acl.sh > (because copying an ACL is the most complex among the three operations). > > You did not by chance run ./configure with the option --disable-acl? No. > What kind of file system are /tmp and $TMPDIR mounted on? /tmp is ext3, $TMPDIR is tmpfs
