From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
Cc: bug-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Tests requiring root
Date: Mon, 06 May 2013 23:19:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874nefx0vu.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201305041226.34791.andreas@enge.fr> (Andreas Enge's message of "Sat, 4 May 2013 12:26:34 +0200")
Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> skribis:
> I suspect one needs to be root to run the tests instead of a build user. Do
> you see a way of carrying out the tests?
No. I think it’s fine to skip the test suite in such cases. I suspect
the only workaround is to run the test suite manually on your machine.
> Another question: Should we use the name "lvm" or "lvm2"? I am not a fan of
> version numbers being used inside the name of a package, but the official
> name appears to be "lvm2" (used in a non-consistent way; the mailing list
> is called "linux-lvm").
I would stick to the upstream name, so apparently “lvm2” in this case.
Ludo’.
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2013-05-04 10:26 Tests requiring root Andreas Enge
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