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author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2003-03-29 14:24:16 +0000 |
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committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2003-03-29 14:24:16 +0000 |
commit | 030c740af1401d7bb152cfc7091a9720a5edfcc2 (patch) | |
tree | e87921a292a512ca4bdd16b3afd61350cf818505 /README | |
parent | 44d5da2f7eeb0adc5e706d6dfd87ded7cbea368b (diff) | |
download | coreutils-030c740af1401d7bb152cfc7091a9720a5edfcc2.tar.xz |
Note to expect build problems for stat.c on Ultrix 4.3.
Note that there are some harmless test failures when running
`make check' as root on some systems.
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@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ 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). +*************************************** +Last-minute notes, before coreutils-5.0 +--------------------------------------- + A known problem exists when compiling on HPUX on both hppa and ia64 in 64-bit mode (i.e. +DD64) on all known HPUX 11.x versions. This is not due to a bug in the package but instead due to a bug in the @@ -69,6 +73,15 @@ Here is one possible patch to correct the problem. -#ifndef __STDC_32_MODE__ +#ifndef __LP64__ +I've heard that stat.c doesn't compile on Ultrix 4.3. +Does anyone with access to such a system want to investigate? + +On some systems, some of the tests fail when run as root. All failures +I've seen appear to be due to problems in the testing framework, not +in the tools themselves. I'll address that for the next release by +using a program like setuidgid (see the comment in TODO). + +*************************************** There are pretty many tests, but nowhere near as many as we need. Additions and corrections are very welcome. |