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@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@
<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv tester .</userinput></screen>
- <para>Now, run the tests as the <systemitem
+ <para>The testsuite of the package is designed to be ran as a non-root
+ user, owning the terminal connected to standard input. To satisify the
+ requirement, spawn a new pseudoterminal using
+ <application>Expect</application> and run the tests as the <systemitem
class="username">tester</systemitem> user:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="test">su -s /usr/bin/expect tester &lt;&lt; EOF