Re: coreutils-5.2.1 chmod -R o=r d >/dev/null 2>out && fail=1

[Paul Eggert]

"Andras S. Haramasz" <address@hidden> writes:

> VERNOSE=yes make check TESTS=no-x > check.no-x.VERBOSE 2>&1
> cat check.no-x.VERBOSE
> make  check-TESTS
> make[1]: Entering directory
> `/usr/local/src/GNU/coreutils-5.2.1/coreutils-5.2.1/
> tests/chmod'
> ./no-x: cannot create temp file for here document: Permission denied

This makes it look like you have a severe configuration problem, such
that you can't even run shell scripts.  That might explain your test
failure with coreutils.  Perhaps you need to set the TMPDIR
environment variable to point at a temporary directory that ordinary
users can write to?