[PATCH 3/5] docs: Add note and explanation that the privileged user is required for properly running the tests

Glenn Washburn
2025-11-18T00:02:55Z

docs/grub-dev.texi | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/grub-dev.texi b/docs/grub-dev.texi
index 9a2e9d90624f..9d256145eaa0 100644
--- a/docs/grub-dev.texi
+++ b/docs/grub-dev.texi
@@ -495,6 +495,9 @@ These dependencies are currently documented in the
@uref{https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/tree/INSTALL, INSTALL}
file in the source repository. Once installed, the test suite can be started
by running the @command{make check} command from the GRUB build directory.
+To properly run all the tests, the test suite must be run as the privileged
+user. For instance, the filesystem tests require creating and mounting the
+tested filessytems.

@node Updating External Code
@chapter Updating external code