[Coreutils-announce] bad bug in test run by fileutils-4.1.10's `make check'

[Jim Meyering]

Thanks again, Mike.

  From: Michael Stone <address@hidden>
  Subject: rm test oops

  The test was deleting random files in /tmp...

--- fileutils-4.1.10.orig/tests/rm/fail-eperm
+++ fileutils-4.1.10/tests/rm/fail-eperm
@@ -52,16 +52,17 @@

        foreach my $f (readdir DIR_HANDLE)
          {
+           my $target_file = "$dir/$f";
+
            # Skip files owned by self, symlinks, and directories.
            # It's not technically necessary to skip symlinks, but it's simpler.
-           -l $f || -o _ || -d _
+           -l $target_file || -o _ || -d _
              and next;
 
            $found_file = 1;
 
            # Invoke rm on this file and ensure that we get the
            # expected exit code and diagnostic.
-           my $target_file = "$dir/$f";
            my $cmd = "rm -f $target_file";
            open RM, "$cmd 2>&1 |"
              or die "$ME: cannot execute `$cmd'\n";

-- 
Mike Stone