Re: bug#12041: Issues running the testsuite as root

2012-07-26 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 07/25/2012 03:39 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On 07/25/2012 03:26 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: >> >> Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> >>> Could you try what happens issuing this command as root with all the shells >>> you have at your disposal (/bin/sh, /usr/xpg4/bin/sh, /bin/ksh and >>> bash at least

Re: bug#12041: Issues running the testsuite as root

2012-07-25 Thread Dennis Clarke
> > > >> The attached patch should solve the issue. Could you give it a try? > > > > Seems to fix that. > > > Good, I will soon apply it then. And by the way, thank you for truely awesome response speed and totally cool way that you just jump in a get things done. I think the open source wo

Re: bug#12041: Issues running the testsuite as root

2012-07-25 Thread Dennis Clarke
> The attached patch should solve the issue. Could you give it a try? Let's see if I applied that correctly : $ diff t/primary-prefix-couples-force-valid.sh_backup t/primary-prefix-couples-force-valid.sh 57c57,62 < test ! -x '$(libexecdir)/bar.h' --- > ## If this test is run as root, "

Re: bug#12041: Issues running the testsuite as root

2012-07-25 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 07/25/2012 03:26 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > > Stefano Lattarini wrote: > >> Could you try what happens issuing this command as root with all the shells >> you have at your disposal (/bin/sh, /usr/xpg4/bin/sh, /bin/ksh and >> bash at least)? > > I'll see if I can find the enthusiasm for it ;-)

Re: bug#12041: Issues running the testsuite as root

2012-07-25 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 07/25/2012 02:33 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > > >> The attached patch should solve the issue. Could you give it a try? > > Seems to fix that. > Good, I will soon apply it then. > However I am fairly certian that all files are not executable from the > perspective of the root user. That seems

Re: bug#12041: Issues running the testsuite as root

2012-07-25 Thread Stefano Lattarini
tags 12041 + patch thanks Hi Dennis. Stefano Lattarini wrote: > > Hah! It happens because you are running the test as root. My advice > is: don't do that. Still, since this seems to be the only spurious > failure experienced due to the extra privileges, it might be worth > fixing it, since tha