On 05/13/2014 07:27 PM, Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz wrote: > Hello! > > I would like to ask if this gnulib test is right. > I will reproduce some steps to arrive there and explain what is happening! > > I have a virtual machine with Fedora 20 installed, so logging with ssh as > root. > > [root@fedoralab ~]# logname > root > > [root@fedoralab ~]# su - flab > [flab@fedoralab ~]$ logname > root > > [flab@fedoralab ~]$ cd coreutils/build > [flab@fedoralab build]$ make > > ... a lot of output ... > > [flab@fedoralab build]$ make check > > ... a lot of output ... > > It fails on the test-getlogin.c! > Exactly on this part: > > ASSERT (strcmp (buf, name) == 0); > > Because the buf content is the result of the getlogin function, this is, > the owner of the controlling terminal, and the content of name, that is the > USER or LOGNAME environment variable that is set by the shell, like they > are differentthe test fails. > > > If it is really an error and if is possible, I would like to help and make > the changes!
Yes that doesn't look right. I noticed this too when running: sudo make check It would be good to get that fixed up. thanks! Pádraig.
