Re: Tests requiring root

[Ludovic Courtès]

Andreas Enge <address@hidden> skribis:

> I suspect one needs to be root to run the tests instead of a build user. Do 
> you see a way of carrying out the tests?

No.  I think it’s fine to skip the test suite in such cases.  I suspect
the only workaround is to run the test suite manually on your machine.

> Another question: Should we use the name "lvm" or "lvm2"? I am not a fan of 
> version numbers being used inside the name of a package, but the official 
> name appears to be "lvm2" (used in a non-consistent way; the mailing list 
> is called "linux-lvm").

I would stick to the upstream name, so apparently “lvm2” in this case.

Ludo’.