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authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2008-01-18 09:26:49 +0100
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2008-01-18 09:26:49 +0100
commit9783d76bf638124c5db5c7d3b4233f86c23ef8dc (patch)
tree9f26464705b4bdc29450c125893a75a9fab7294c
parent27d1636b332084227ca81efced5b90cbe01a1310 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-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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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -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.
diff --git a/README b/README
index 25f7ed35b..49140524a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -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