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diff --git a/chapter06/coreutils.xml b/chapter06/coreutils.xml index 9b55fc312..84da49220 100644 --- a/chapter06/coreutils.xml +++ b/chapter06/coreutils.xml @@ -72,31 +72,18 @@ <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> - <para>The test suite of Coreutils makes several assumptions about the - presence of system users and groups that are not valid within the minimal - environment that exists at the moment. Therefore, additional items need - to be set up before running the tests. Skip down to <quote>Install the + <para>Skip down to <quote>Install the package</quote> if not running the test suite.</para> - <para>Create two dummy groups and a dummy user:</para> - -<screen><userinput>echo "dummy1:x:1000:" >> /etc/group -echo "dummy2:x:1001:dummy" >> /etc/group -echo "dummy:x:1000:1000::/root:/bin/bash" >> /etc/passwd</userinput></screen> - <para>Now the test suite is ready to be run. First, run the tests that are meant to be run as user <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:</para> -<screen><userinput>make NON_ROOT_USERNAME=dummy check-root</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput>make NON_ROOT_USERNAME=nobody check-root</userinput></screen> <para>Then run the remainder of the tests as the - <systemitem class="username">dummy</systemitem> user:</para> - -<screen><userinput>src/su dummy -c "make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check"</userinput></screen> - - <para>When testing is complete, remove the dummy user and groups:</para> + <systemitem class="username">nobody</systemitem> user:</para> -<screen><userinput>sed -i '/dummy/d' /etc/passwd /etc/group</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput>su-tools nobody -s /bin/bash -c "make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check"</userinput></screen> <para>Install the package:</para> |