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

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 ;-)

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

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

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, "

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

bug#12041: Issues running the testsuite as root

2012-07-24 Thread Dennis Clarke
- Original Message - From: Stefano Lattarini Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 12:06 pm Subject: Re: Issues running the testsuite as root To: Dennis Clarke Cc: 12...@debbugs.gnu.org > On 07/24/2012 05:14 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > > > >> On 07/24/2012 03:59 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > >>>

bug#12041: Issues running the testsuite as root

2012-07-24 Thread Dennis Clarke
- Original Message - From: Stefano Lattarini Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 12:06 pm Subject: Re: Issues running the testsuite as root To: Dennis Clarke Cc: 12...@debbugs.gnu.org > On 07/24/2012 05:14 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > > > >> On 07/24/2012 03:59 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > >>>

bug#12041: Issues running the testsuite as root

2012-07-24 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 07/24/2012 05:14 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > >> On 07/24/2012 03:59 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: >>> >>> However, for just right now, how would I run just that one test? >>> >> In this case: >> >> make check TESTS=t/primary-prefix-couples-force-valid > > Is this really just one test ? > Oh no

bug#12041: Issues running the testsuite as root

2012-07-24 Thread Dennis Clarke
> On 07/24/2012 03:59 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > > > > However, for just right now, how would I run just that one test? > > > In this case: > > make check TESTS=t/primary-prefix-couples-force-valid Is this really just one test ? Thus far I see this : $ make check TESTS=t/primary-prefi

bug#12041: Issues running the testsuite as root

2012-07-24 Thread Dennis Clarke
> On 07/24/2012 03:59 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > > > > However, for just right now, how would I run just that one test? > > > In this case: > > make check TESTS=t/primary-prefix-couples-force-valid I have to fix a pile of little things, because of course, I did this as root previously and

bug#12041: Issues running the testsuite as root

2012-07-24 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 07/24/2012 03:59 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > > However, for just right now, how would I run just that one test? > In this case: make check TESTS=t/primary-prefix-couples-force-valid Regards, Stefano

bug#12041: Issues running the testsuite as root

2012-07-24 Thread Dennis Clarke
> On 07/24/2012 03:33 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > > > >> These are known testsuite issues (not real bugs in automake), and have > >> already been solved in the development version of Automake. So we > don't > >> need to worry about them. > > > > Okay .. this is a good thing. I guess we can expect

bug#12041: Issues running the testsuite as root

2012-07-24 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 07/24/2012 03:33 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > >> These are known testsuite issues (not real bugs in automake), and have >> already been solved in the development version of Automake. So we don't >> need to worry about them. > > Okay .. this is a good thing. I guess we can expect a release on that

bug#12041: Issues running the testsuite as root (was: Re: bug#12041: GNU Automake 1.12.2 - FAIL 4 tests on SunOS5.10_sparcv9_64-bit)

2012-07-24 Thread Dennis Clarke
First comment : wow. that was fast. :-) - Original Message - From: Stefano Lattarini Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 8:48 am Subject: Issues running the testsuite as root (was: Re: bug#12041: GNU Automake 1.12.2 - FAIL 4 tests on SunOS5.10_sparcv9_64-bit) To: Dennis Clarke Cc: 12...@debb

bug#12041: Issues running the testsuite as root (was: Re: bug#12041: GNU Automake 1.12.2 - FAIL 4 tests on SunOS5.10_sparcv9_64-bit)

2012-07-24 Thread Stefano Lattarini
severity 12041 minor retitle 12041 Issues running the testsuite as root thanks Hi Dennis, thanks for the report. On 07/24/2012 02:25 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > > > n.b.: see attached self-check-exit.log.gz > and GNU_Automake_1.12.2_SunOS5.10_sparcv9_64-bit.test.log.gz > and GNU_Aut