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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’.

      reply	other threads:[~2013-05-06 21:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-05-04 10:26 Tests requiring root Andreas Enge
2013-05-06 21:19 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]

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