Bauke Jan Douma wrote: > >./../../../coreutils-6.9-354-68c33a/tests/rm/fail-eperm: skipping this test > > > >grep nobody /etc/passwd: > >nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/:/bin/false > > > >Whereas it just succeeded when building from $(srcdir). > >(And I do have /tmp, with mode 1777...). > > Ah, I see, the untarred sources' directories all have 777, > whereas the build directory has 755 throughout. That explains. > Sorry for that noise.
What umask are you using when unpacking, building, and testing? In order to get directory modes 777 I would expect that you have a zero umask set. If you unpack, build and test using 'umask 02' or 'umask 022' does that work better? Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
