From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:9190 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751344Ab2G0LP4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jul 2012 07:15:56 -0400 Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:15:50 +0200 From: Karel Zak To: Bernhard Voelker Cc: kerolasa@gmail.com, util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: v2.22-rc2 wish list Message-ID: <20120727111550.GA29738@x2.net.home> References: <20120727081033.GA14019@x2.net.home> <20120727103132.GA28708@x2.net.home> <501271D2.8090708@bernhard-voelker.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <501271D2.8090708@bernhard-voelker.de> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:47:46PM +0200, Bernhard Voelker wrote: > 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. Does the tests modify /etc/fstab, mount another filesystems and initialize scsi_debug, loop and raid devices? I have experience that some distros and end-users rebuild packages as superuser. I don't want to be responsible for possible problems on the target systems. Karel -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com