Re: coreutils-5.2.1 build/check: rm failed test fail-eperm

[Jim Meyering]

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> coreutils-5.2.1 build/check: rm failed test fail-eperm
> by removing one of my system files in /tmp (!) which I believe
> is a fault in the test itself, not the rm program.
>
> The reason seems to be that if a file can be found in a directory
> with the sticky bit set, and the directory is world-writeable, the
> file is NOT owned by user, but in the same group and file group-writeable,
> or in a different group but file world-writeable, then the remove succeeds!
>
> See man-page of (2)chmod (on Solaris, excerpt attached below).
>
> Could you be a bit more careful with randomly removing my system files
> without any preceding warnings...?  ;-)  ;-)
>
> All other tests pass with 'gmake check' and also, when
> running as root, with 'gmake check-root'.

Thanks for the report.
That bug was fixed some time ago.
coreutils-5.2.1 is over 3(!) years old.
Certainly not something you should build from source and _use_.
It's great if you are willing to run "check-root" tests,
but please do it only with the latest release.

The latest stable release is here:
  ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-6.9.tar.gz