From: Bernhard Voelker <mail@bernhard-voelker.de>
To: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Cc: kerolasa@gmail.com, util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: v2.22-rc2 wish list
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:47:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <501271D2.8090708@bernhard-voelker.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120727103132.GA28708@x2.net.home>
On 07/27/2012 12:31 PM, Karel Zak wrote:
> Maybe, but many of the tests requires root permissions and it's
> designed for developers only. I'd like to avoid situations when the
> tests are executed with root permissions by automatic distro build
> systems etc.
Why? The more folks run the tests, the more bugs can be reported and fixed.
What's wrong about the tests? And if there's something wrong: shouldn't
they not be made more robust?
E.g. coreutils also has many tests which "require_root", and I think
it's safe to run these tests.
Have a nice day,
Berny
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-27 10:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-27 8:10 v2.22-rc2 wish list Karel Zak
2012-07-27 8:26 ` Sami Kerola
2012-07-27 10:31 ` Karel Zak
2012-07-27 10:47 ` Bernhard Voelker [this message]
2012-07-27 11:15 ` Karel Zak
2012-07-27 11:44 ` Bernhard Voelker
2012-07-27 13:13 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2012-07-27 20:27 ` Karel Zak
2012-07-30 16:37 ` Karel Zak
2012-07-31 5:21 ` Bernhard Voelker
[not found] ` <5012B7B4.8070001@gmail.com>
2012-07-27 17:59 ` Bruce Dubbs
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