Re: AW: AW: AW: AW: new snapshot available: coreutils-7.4.125-eca6

[Jim Meyering]

Voelker, Bernhard wrote:
> It fails on this test:
>       # option -C ignored if any non-permission mode should be set
>       ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b > out || fail=1
>       compare out out_installed_second || fail=1
>       ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b > out || fail=1
>       compare out out_installed_second || fail=1
>
> The output is attached (test-suite-install-C.log).

That helps, but not as much as it should, since your system
lacks a version of diff that accepts the -u option.

Please run this command from your build directory

  cd src && { touch a b; mode3=2755; ./ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b }

and tell us what it prints.