From: Jim Meyering Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:26:49 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Update README. X-Git-Tag: v6.10~3 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9783d76bf638124c5db5c7d3b4233f86c23ef8dc;p=platform%2Fupstream%2Fcoreutils.git Update README. * README: Remove a note about failing tests on SunOS 4. On Mac OS 10.5.1 (Darwin 9.1), you'll need --disable-acl. (Running tests as root): Recommend using "check-root", not "check". --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index bc45537..7643c87 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2008-01-18 Jim Meyering + + Update README. + * README: Remove a note about failing tests on SunOS 4. + On Mac OS 10.5.1 (Darwin 9.1), you'll need --disable-acl. + (Running tests as root): Recommend using "check-root", not "check". + 2008-01-17 Jim Meyering Do not define-away __attribute__ when __STRICT_ANSI__ is set. diff --git a/README b/README index 25f7ed3..4914052 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -58,9 +58,16 @@ and from the corresponding --help usage message. Patches to the template files (man/*.x) are welcome. However, the authoritative documentation is in texinfo form in the doc directory. -If you run the tests on a SunOS4.1.4 system, expect the ctime-part of -the ls `time-1' test to fail. I believe that is due to a bug in the -way Sun implemented link(2) and chmod(2). + +***************************************** +On Mac OS X 10.5.1 (Darwin 9.1), test failure +----------------------------------------- + +Mac OS X 10.5.1 (Darwin 9.1) provides only partial (and incompatible) +ACL support, so although "./configure && make" succeeds, "make check" +exposes numerous failures. The solution is to turn off ACL support +manually via "./configure --disable-acl". For details, see +. ***************************************** @@ -139,7 +146,7 @@ I find that it is best to unpack and build as a non-privileged user, and then to run the following command as that user in order to run the privilege-requiring tests: - sudo env NON_ROOT_USERNAME=$USER make -k check + sudo env NON_ROOT_USERNAME=$USER make -k check-root If you can run the tests as root, please do so and report any problems. We get much less test coverage in that mode, and it's