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| author | Jeremy Huntwork <jhuntwork@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2007-04-04 03:03:04 +0000 |
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| committer | Jeremy Huntwork <jhuntwork@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2007-04-04 03:03:04 +0000 |
| commit | 9e85ca23f4e4297faa57808098b5d0211f58d4ef (patch) | |
| tree | f81c11ab7885fcae19148c1ce51b05c446656c32 /chapter06/coreutils.xml | |
| parent | f4c628cc8009690144917de718338bb95cbff428 (diff) | |
Use an extra dummy group in coreutils chapter 6 so the coreutils chgrp tests will be run. Thanks to Bryan Kadzban for the catch.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@8013 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter06/coreutils.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/coreutils.xml | 15 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/coreutils.xml b/chapter06/coreutils.xml index 84da49220..bd5286c24 100644 --- a/chapter06/coreutils.xml +++ b/chapter06/coreutils.xml @@ -80,11 +80,22 @@ <screen><userinput>make NON_ROOT_USERNAME=nobody check-root</userinput></screen> - <para>Then run the remainder of the tests as the - <systemitem class="username">nobody</systemitem> user:</para> + <para>We're going to run the remainder of the tests as the + <systemitem class="username">nobody</systemitem> user. Certain tests, + however, require that the user be a member of more than one group. So that + these tests are not skipped we'll add a temporary group and make the + user <systemitem class="username">nobody</systemitem> a part of it:</para> + +<screen><userinput>echo "dummy:x:1000:nobody" >> /etc/group</userinput></screen> + + <para>Now run the tests:</para> <screen><userinput>su-tools nobody -s /bin/bash -c "make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check"</userinput></screen> + <para>Remove the temporary group:</para> + +<screen><userinput>sed -i '/dummy/d' /etc/group</userinput></screen> + <para>Install the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> |