I was building coreutils-5.0 on a Solaris 8 box using gcc.
./configue
make
make check
There was an error in make check for the directory rm when run as
root. Here is an abbreviated version version.
he2un76:/tmp/coreutils-5.0/tests/rm:># make check
make check-TESTS
out exp differ: char 26, line 1
1c1
< rm: cannot remove `a/b': Permission denied
---
> rm: cannot remove `a/b': Operation not permitted
FAIL: fail-2eperm
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NOTICE:
./cycle: This test is being skipped, since it works only
when run by an unprivileged user.
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SKIP: hash
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NOTICE:
./isatty: This test is being skipped, since it works only
when run by an unprivileged user.
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SKIP: isatty
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1 of 11 tests failed
(10 tests were not run)
Please report to address@hidden
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*** Error code 1
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `check-TESTS'
Current working directory /tmp/coreutils-5.0/tests/rm
*** Error code 1
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `check-am'
he2un76:/tmp/coreutils-5.0/tests/rm:>#
Information about the machine that the executable was built and run follows
he2un76:/tmp/coreutils-5.0/tests/stty:># uname -a
SunOS he2unx76 5.8 Generic_108528-19 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-250
he2un76:/tmp/coreutils-5.0/tests/stty:># which gcc
/usr/local/bin/gcc
he2un76:/tmp/coreutils-5.0/tests/stty:># gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 3.2
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Is there any other information that you might need?
Sincerely yours;
Madeleine Yeh, address@hidden