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diff --git a/tests/install/install-C.sh b/tests/install/install-C.sh index 7d3582c40..6051d57f8 100755 --- a/tests/install/install-C.sh +++ b/tests/install/install-C.sh @@ -19,6 +19,31 @@ . "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src print_ver_ ginstall skip_if_setgid_ +skip_if_nondefault_group_ + +# Note if a group is not specified, install(1) will assume that a file +# would be installed with the current user's group ID, and thus if the +# file is the same except that it does have a different group due to +# its parent directory being g+s for example, then the copy will be +# done again redundantly in a futile attempt to reset the group ID to +# that of the current user. +# +# install -d -g wheel -m 2775 test # Create setgid dir +# touch test/a # Create source +# install -Cv -m664 test/a test/i1 # install source with mode +# install -Cv -m664 test/i1 test/i2 # install dest +# install -Cv -m664 test/i1 test/i2 # again to see redundant install +# +# Similarly if an existing file exists that is the same and has the +# current users group ID, but when an actual install of the file would +# reset to a different group ID due to the directory being g+s for example, +# then the install will not be done when it should. +# +# install -Cv -m664 -g "$(id -nrg)" test/i1 test/i2 # set i2 to uesr's gid +# install -Cv -m664 test/i1 test/i2 # this should install but doesn't +# +# Therefore we skip the test in the presence of setgid dirs +# An additional complication on HFS is that it... mode1=0644 mode2=0755 |