Re: t5539 fails on ubuntu for v2.0.0-rc2

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 10:02:59AM -0400, Jeff King wrote:

> On Fri, May 09, 2014 at 02:08:27PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> > >   3. Just disable the http tests when run as root.
> > >
> > > I think I'd favor 3. But I'd like to be sure that being root is the
> > > problem.
> > 
> > I agree with both the conclusion and the precondition.
> 
> Here's the patch.
> 
> The problem starts in v1.9.2, not in v2.0.0, so it's not technically a
> regression in this cycle. And we are awfully late in the -rc period. But
> it is just a change in the test script, and one that seems rather
> unlikely to produce unexpected side effects. I'll leave it you whether
> you want to queue it for v2.0.0, or for the next maint release.

Hrm, sorry, I was wrong about this. I had thought the
auto-network-testing had gone into v1.9.2, but it didn't. So this _is_ a
potential regression in v2.0.0. It's still relatively minor, affecting
only the test suite, so it can probably wait for post-v2.0.0 if you
don't want to do another -rc.

-Peff