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| author | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2008-01-18 09:26:49 +0100 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2008-01-18 09:26:49 +0100 |
| commit | 9783d76bf638124c5db5c7d3b4233f86c23ef8dc (patch) | |
| tree | 9f26464705b4bdc29450c125893a75a9fab7294c | |
| parent | 27d1636b332084227ca81efced5b90cbe01a1310 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-9783d76bf638124c5db5c7d3b4233f86c23ef8dc.tar.xz | |
Update README.
* README: Remove a note about failing tests on SunOS 4.
On Mac OS 10.5.1 (Darwin 9.1), you'll need --disable-acl.
(Running tests as root): Recommend using "check-root", not "check".
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@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2008-01-18 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + + Update README. + * README: Remove a note about failing tests on SunOS 4. + On Mac OS 10.5.1 (Darwin 9.1), you'll need --disable-acl. + (Running tests as root): Recommend using "check-root", not "check". + 2008-01-17 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> Do not define-away __attribute__ when __STRICT_ANSI__ is set. @@ -58,9 +58,16 @@ and from the corresponding --help usage message. Patches to the template files (man/*.x) are welcome. However, the authoritative documentation is in texinfo form in the doc directory. -If you run the tests on a SunOS4.1.4 system, expect the ctime-part of -the ls `time-1' test to fail. I believe that is due to a bug in the -way Sun implemented link(2) and chmod(2). + +***************************************** +On Mac OS X 10.5.1 (Darwin 9.1), test failure +----------------------------------------- + +Mac OS X 10.5.1 (Darwin 9.1) provides only partial (and incompatible) +ACL support, so although "./configure && make" succeeds, "make check" +exposes numerous failures. The solution is to turn off ACL support +manually via "./configure --disable-acl". For details, see +<http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/12292/focus=12318>. ***************************************** @@ -139,7 +146,7 @@ I find that it is best to unpack and build as a non-privileged user, and then to run the following command as that user in order to run the privilege-requiring tests: - sudo env NON_ROOT_USERNAME=$USER make -k check + sudo env NON_ROOT_USERNAME=$USER make -k check-root If you can run the tests as root, please do so and report any problems. We get much less test coverage in that mode, and it's |