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Subject: Re: Tests requiring root
Date: Mon, 06 May 2013 23:19:01 +0200
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Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> skribis:

> I suspect one needs to be root to run the tests instead of a build user. =
Do=20
> you see a way of carrying out the tests?

No.  I think it=E2=80=99s fine to skip the test suite in such cases.  I sus=
pect
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=20
> version numbers being used inside the name of a package, but the official=
=20
> name appears to be "lvm2" (used in a non-consistent way; the mailing list=
=20
> is called "linux-lvm").

I would stick to the upstream name, so apparently =E2=80=9Clvm2=E2=80=9D in=
 this case.

Ludo=E2=80=99.