Bauke Jan Douma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Paul Eggert wrote:
>> Bauke Jan Douma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>> cp: cannot open
>>> `/sw/coreutils/coreutils-6.3/tests/install/../../src/dd' for reading:
>> What are the permissions of that file?  That is, what is the output
>> of
>> this command:
>> ls -l /sw/coreutils/coreutils-6.3/tests/install/../../src/dd
>
> $> ls -l /sw/coreutils/coreutils-6.3/tests/install/../../src/dd
> -rwx--x--x 1 root staff 45532 Oct  3 18:06 
> /sw/coreutils/coreutils-6.3/tests/install/../../src/dd

That file is readable only by root.
So if you're running tests as some other user, that would
explain the failure you saw.


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