From: mikadoZero <mikadozero@yandex.com>
To: 35047@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#35047: "Running the Test Suite" root user
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 08:47:56 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cuc5zs05y0z.fsf@yandex.com> (raw)
Looking at "2.3 Running the Test Suite" of the manual it does not
mention that tests should be run as a non root user.
The test `tests/pack` fails when `make check` is run as a root user. It
does not fail when run as a non root user. I found this example by
running `make check TESTS="tests/pack.scm"`. Is this an issue for many
tests?
I can prepare a patch for the relevant part (parts if this also applies
to `make check-system` as well) in "2.3 Running the Test Suite" of the
manual.
Should `make check-system` also be run as a non root user to avoid
failing tests?
Is there a section in the manual that explains why tests should not be
run as a root user which I can just refer to in the patch? If not could
anyone provide an explanation which I could include in the patch?
next reply other threads:[~2019-03-30 12:50 UTC|newest]
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2019-03-30 12:47 mikadoZero [this message]
2019-03-30 13:50 ` bug#35047: "Running the Test Suite" root user Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2019-03-30 15:30 ` mikadoZero
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