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2009-08-20 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
Jim Meyering wrote: > I suspect this patch works around your compiler's > inadequate "bool" support: > > diff --git a/src/install.c b/src/install.c > index 73b3981..19efb1d 100644 > --- a/src/install.c > +++ b/src/install.c > @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static bool > extra_mode (mode_t input) > { >c

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2009-08-20 Thread Jim Meyering
Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote >> I'm beginning to think there's a fundamental problem with your system. >> Here's the comparable part of truss output on a working Solaris 10 > system: > ... >> Remember, you did not compile with gcc. >> >> Unless someone can suggest an alternative ex

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2009-08-19 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
Jim Meyering wrote > I'm beginning to think there's a fundamental problem with your system. > Here's the comparable part of truss output on a working Solaris 10 system: ... > Remember, you did not compile with gcc. > > Unless someone can suggest an alternative explanation, > I'll have to assume th

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2009-08-19 Thread Jim Meyering
Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: > >> The *second* time that command is run, it appears to print nothing. >> >> Do this in src/: >> >> ./touch a b; mode3=2755 >> ./ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b >> ./ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b > > Bingo! > >> If the second invocation of ginstal

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2009-08-19 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
Jim Meyering wrote: > The *second* time that command is run, it appears to print nothing. > > Do this in src/: > > ./touch a b; mode3=2755 > ./ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b > ./ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b Bingo! > If the second invocation of ginstall doesn't print anything, > that indica

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2009-08-19 Thread Jim Meyering
Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> Please run this command from your build directory >> >> cd src && { touch a b; mode3=2755; ./ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b } >> >> and tell us what it prints. > > somehow, my shell (/bin/ksh) doesn't like the { ... } syntax here: > > $ cd src && {

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2009-08-19 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
Jim Meyering wrote: > Long-term, best for you would be to install GNU diffutils. done: === GNU coreutils 7.4.127-d2510: tests/test-suite.log === 1 of 1 test failed. .. contents:: :d

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2009-08-19 Thread Jim Meyering
Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> Please run this command from your build directory >> >> cd src && { touch a b; mode3=2755; ./ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b } >> >> and tell us what it prints. > > somehow, my shell (/bin/ksh) doesn't like the { ... } syntax here: > > $ cd src && {

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2009-08-19 Thread Philip Rowlands
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009, Voelker, Bernhard wrote: somehow, my shell (/bin/ksh) doesn't like the { ... } syntax here: $ cd src && { touch a b; mode3=2755; ./ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b } > it waits for the command to be continued ... I can't see why That's not quite valid (POSIX) sh, which requir

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2009-08-19 Thread Pádraig Brady
Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> Please run this command from your build directory >> >> cd src && { touch a b; mode3=2755; ./ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b } >> >> and tell us what it prints. > > somehow, my shell (/bin/ksh) doesn't like the { ... } syntax here: > > $ cd src && {

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2009-08-19 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
Jim Meyering wrote: > sudo env PATH="$PATH" NON_ROOT_USERNAME=$USER make -C tests \ >TESTS=cp/preserve-gid VERBOSE=yes I think you meant sudo env PATH="$PATH" NON_ROOT_USERNAME=$USER make -C tests check \ TESTS=cp/preserve-gid VERBOSE=yes BTW: I'm not sure but shouldn't the tests mak

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2009-08-19 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
Jim Meyering wrote: > Please run this command from your build directory > > cd src && { touch a b; mode3=2755; ./ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b } > > and tell us what it prints. somehow, my shell (/bin/ksh) doesn't like the { ... } syntax here: $ cd src && { touch a b; mode3=2755; ./ginstall -Cv

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2009-08-18 Thread Jim Meyering
Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> Did you run it as recommended in README, i.e., >> after building as non-root, run this: >> >> sudo env PATH="$PATH" NON_ROOT_USERNAME=$USER make -k check-root > > no. > I built it as non-root, ran `make check` as non-root, and then > - because

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2009-08-18 Thread Jim Meyering
Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > It fails on this test: > # option -C ignored if any non-permission mode should be set > ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b > out || fail=1 > compare out out_installed_second || fail=1 > ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b > out || fail=1 > compare out out_insta

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2009-08-18 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
Jim Meyering wrote: > Did you run it as recommended in README, i.e., > after building as non-root, run this: > > sudo env PATH="$PATH" NON_ROOT_USERNAME=$USER make -k check-root no. I built it as non-root, ran `make check` as non-root, and then - because I saw that a few tests can only be run

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2009-08-18 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
> Jim Meyering wrote: >> Voelker, Bernhard wrote: >> FAIL: misc/stdbuf (exit: 1) > That one's easy. > My fault for using skip_test_ before it's defined: It works: ./misc/stdbuf: skipping test: stdbuf not built SKIP: misc/stdbuf >> FAIL: install/install-C (exit: 1) >> =

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2009-08-18 Thread Jim Meyering
Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> Here's a tarball with those two not-yet-pushed changes: > > Now, `make check` works ... mostly. > > I attached the 2 logfiles - 1 run as root, 1 run as non-root. > It seems that the test-suite sometimes relies on GNU coreutils > like rm or mv in th

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2009-08-18 Thread Jim Meyering
Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> Here's a tarball with those two not-yet-pushed changes: > > Now, `make check` works ... mostly. > > I attached the 2 logfiles - 1 run as root, 1 run as non-root. > It seems that the test-suite sometimes relies on GNU coreutils > like rm or mv in the

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2009-08-18 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
Jim Meyering wrote: > Here's a tarball with those two not-yet-pushed changes: Now, `make check` works ... mostly. I attached the 2 logfiles - 1 run as root, 1 run as non-root. It seems that the test-suite sometimes relies on GNU coreutils like rm or mv in the path instead of the fresh compiled on

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2009-08-18 Thread Jim Meyering
Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> Here's a better patch. >> (this also renames check-AUTHORS to sc_check-AUTHORS) > > this doesn't work - stdbuf is still tried to be built. > I double-checked with a fresh `tar zxf ...` and the patches > to the 3 files. > > I attached the (solaris) d

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2009-08-18 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
Jim Meyering wrote: > Here's a better patch. > (this also renames check-AUTHORS to sc_check-AUTHORS) this doesn't work - stdbuf is still tried to be built. I double-checked with a fresh `tar zxf ...` and the patches to the 3 files. I attached the (solaris) diff of the files and the output of `mak