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bug#35047: "Running the Test Suite" root user
From: |
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice |
Subject: |
bug#35047: "Running the Test Suite" root user |
Date: |
Sat, 30 Mar 2019 14:50:35 +0100 |
mikadoZero,
mikadoZero wrote:
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.
I guess this is one of those (Unix-)cultural knowledge things: it
wouldn't even occur to me to build or test anything as root unless
explicitly asked to do so :-)
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.
Thanks for the offer! I think adding yet another gotcha to the
manual should be a last resort, though. Many people still miss
them and get into trouble (and on to IRC).
Could we, in order of preference:
- make these tests pass even when run as root? (I guess not?)
- skip them and add ‘n tests not run as root’ to the final tally?
- refuse to even start the test suite as root?
What ‘root’ means here will depend on why these tests are failing.
Kind regards,
T G-R
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