Re: new snapshot available: coreutils-8.0.108-3aff3

[Jim Meyering]

Gilles Espinasse wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Meyering" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 12:04 PM
> Subject: new snapshot available: coreutils-8.0.108-3aff3
>
>
>> We're expecting to release coreutils-8.1 soon (like before the end
>> of the week), so here's a snapshot of the latest.  This includes
>> many improvements in gnulib, too.
>>
> Maybe a bit late.

Thanks for testing.

> Just tested that snapshot and have some failures
> grep FAIL test_i486/20091114*/coreutils-8.0.108-3aff3-02.log
> FAIL: rm/fail-eperm
> FAIL: misc/pwd-long
> FAIL: rm/fail-eperm (exit: 255)
> FAIL: misc/pwd-long (exit: 255)
>
> Set with
>  cd $(DIR_APP) && ./configure --prefix=/usr \
>      --enable-install-program=hostname \
>      --enable-no-install-program=kill,uptime
>
> Both tests fail for the same reason
> FAIL: rm/fail-eperm (exit: 255)
> ===============================
>
> fail-eperm: considering /tmp/cceXxKh6.c
> Insecure directory in $ENV{PATH} while running with -T switch at
> ./rm/fail-eperm line 88.
>
> FAIL: misc/pwd-long (exit: 255)
> ===============================
>
> Insecure directory in $ENV{PATH} while running with -T switch at - line 73.

Is some directory in your $PATH group- or world-writable?