Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-iotests: add a "how to" to ./README

[Eric Blake]

On 07/24/2017 09:34 AM, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On 24 July 2017 at 15:28, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On 07/21/2017 04:34 AM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
>>> There is not much getting started documentation for qemu-iotests.  This
>>> patch explains how to create a new test and covers the overall testing
>>> approach.
>>>
>>> +2. Create the test file
>>> +
>>> +Copy an existing test (one that most closely resembles what you wish to 
>>> test)
>>> +to the new test number:
>>> +
>>> +  cp 001 <test-number>
>>
>> And mark it executable (chmod a+x <test-number>)
> 
> It should already be executable because the test file being
> copied (001 in this case) is executable, shouldn't it?

Oh, I see what happened.  Rather than dropping to shell 'cp', I copied
via emacs' "ctrl-x ctrl-w" (write-file) and creating a new file name,
and that does not preserve executable bit.

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Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
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