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authorXi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>2023-03-02 23:36:09 +0800
committerXi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>2023-03-05 10:57:09 +0800
commit07b44dd348e02b31ba67cdaed931cdaf770d572b (patch)
tree74d4c58db9dc0f63774cd05e31c31a92427e52e8
parent770e78952755c89d4a68d22e5245a97438ffa089 (diff)
make: Run test suite as unprivileged user
-rw-r--r--chapter08/make.xml5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/make.xml b/chapter08/make.xml
index 180c6e591..80abcd128 100644
--- a/chapter08/make.xml
+++ b/chapter08/make.xml
@@ -49,9 +49,12 @@
<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
+ <!-- Running tests as root causes failures:
+ https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?63852 -->
<para>To test the results, issue:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv tester .
+su tester -c "PATH=$PATH make check"</userinput></screen>
<para>Install the package:</para>