Re: coreutils-6.10 tests/misc/pwd-long fails when / is not readable

[Theodoros V. Kalamatianos]

On Sat, 23 Feb 2008, Jim Meyering wrote:

> Would you please confirm that this patch is sufficient?
>
>         Subject: [PATCH] Avoid test failures when root (/) is not readable.
>
>         * tests/test-lib.sh (require_readable_root_): New function.
>         * tests/misc/pwd-long: Skip this test when / is unreadable.
>         * tests/du/slash: Likewise.
>         This is required at least for Mandrake/Mandriva in "secure" mode.
>         Reported by Theodoros V. Kalamatianos in
>         http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/12800

After a minor modification to apply to coreutils-6.10, I run the tests and 
everything was fine. Got the SKIP messages too - which my own patches 
(adding `[[ -r / ]] || exit 0' to both tests) did not show...

Thanks for the quick resolution!

Regards,

Theodoros Kalamatianos