"Thompson, David" <dthomps...@worcester.edu> skribis: > On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 10:35 AM, Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> wrote:
>> Since this works without root privileges, what about adding a test in >> tests/guix-environment.sh? >> >> Basically something similar to one of the existing tests, but >> additionally checking from within the container that ‘id -u’ returns 0, >> that ‘$$’ is 2, and that files outside of $PWD are not in the container. > > For some reason that I haven't figured out, the existing tests do not > pass on my machine when I run: > > make check TESTS=tests/guix-environment.sh > > I'm finding it difficult to debug our tests because the test runner > eats backtraces and other useful info. Could you post tests/guix-environment.log? Normally it contains both stdout and stderr, as well as all the shell lines that were executed. >> Which reminds me: In a separate commit, it Would Be Nice to document our >> minimal kernel requirements for the container functionality. Could you >> look into that? > > AFAIK the recommended minimal kernel version that folks should be > using for this stuff is 3.13, and the kernel needs to be configured > with that DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES flag. Where would you put this > information? The DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES thing should probably go in “Setting Up the Daemon.” The rest could maybe go to a “Container Support” section under “Installation” that would be referenced from “Requirements” (where optional dependencies are listed)? Any better idea? Thanks, Ludo’.
