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tests/id/gnu-zero-uids: skipping with "not running on GNU/Hurd" on Linux |
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Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:01:06 +0100 |
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Hi,
this new tests is skipped on my OpenSuSE-11.4 system:
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+ require_gnu_
++ uname
+ test Linux = GNU
+ skip_ 'not running on GNU/Hurd'
+ warn_ 'gnu-zero-uids: skipped test: not running on GNU/Hurd'
+ case $IFS in
+ printf '%s\n' 'gnu-zero-uids: skipped test: not running on GNU/Hurd'
gnu-zero-uids: skipped test: not running on GNU/Hurd
+ test 9 = 2
+ printf '%s\n' 'gnu-zero-uids: skipped test: not running on GNU/Hurd'
+ sed 1q
+ Exit 77
I'm confused by this message:
I do not have a GNU/Hurd system, but the test is skipped.
Shouldn't it be "skipping test: only running on GNU/Hurd"?
Or should the test run on Linux and require_gnu_ is buggy?
Have a nice day,
Berny
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Re: bug#10110: tests/id/gnu-zero-uids: skipping with "not running on GNU/Hurd" on Linux |
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Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:08:36 -0700 |
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tag 10110 notabug
thanks
On 11/22/2011 12:01 PM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> Hi,
>
> this new tests is skipped on my OpenSuSE-11.4 system:
This may have been a question better for the address@hidden list,
rather than opening up a new bug report. As such, I tagged this as not
a bug, and marked it closed; but we can reopen it if you can propose
better wording that would avoid further confusion.
>
> ...
> + require_gnu_
> ++ uname
> + test Linux = GNU
> + skip_ 'not running on GNU/Hurd'
> + warn_ 'gnu-zero-uids: skipped test: not running on GNU/Hurd'
> + case $IFS in
> + printf '%s\n' 'gnu-zero-uids: skipped test: not running on GNU/Hurd'
> gnu-zero-uids: skipped test: not running on GNU/Hurd
> + test 9 = 2
> + printf '%s\n' 'gnu-zero-uids: skipped test: not running on GNU/Hurd'
> + sed 1q
> + Exit 77
>
> I'm confused by this message:
> I do not have a GNU/Hurd system, but the test is skipped.
It made sense to me, short for:
"We are skipping this test, since you are not running the test on
GNU/Hurd, which is the only platform known to be affected by the problem
exposed by the test"
>
> Shouldn't it be "skipping test: only running on GNU/Hurd"?
That doesn't read right to me, since you _aren't_ running on GNU/Hurd,
but GNU/Linux.
> Or should the test run on Linux and require_gnu_ is buggy?
No. The test can only pass on a system where getuid() can fail, and the
only known platform where that is the case is GNU/Hurd (GNU/Linux does
not provide the extension of a getuid() that can fail by executing a
process outside the realm of POSIX process ids).
--
Eric Blake address@hidden +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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