Fw: Re: test failure in make check-root

[Kamil Dudka]

On Thursday 26 of March 2009 17:44:05 hggdh wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:32:44 +0100
>
> Kamil Dudka <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Could you please run stat(1) on the target between install -C
> > invocation to ensure owner/group are set properly?
> >
> > Kamil
>
> Yes, no problem. Here you go:
>
> address@hidden:/usr/src/buildd/coreutils/coreutils-git $ ls > a && echo 1 &&
> sudo install -Cv a b && stat b && echo 2 && sudo install -Cv -g2 a b &&
> stat b && echo 3 && sudo install -Cv a b && stat b && echo 4 && sudo
> install -Cv a b && stat b && echo 5 && sudo install -Cv a b && stat b 1
> removed `b'
> `a' -> `b'
>   File: `b'
>   Size: 473           Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   regular file
> Device: fc03h/64515d  Inode: 278918      Links: 1
> Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (   40/     src)
> Access: 2009-03-26 11:42:43.000000000 -0500
> Modify: 2009-03-26 11:42:43.000000000 -0500
> Change: 2009-03-26 11:42:43.000000000 -0500
> 2
> removed `b'
> `a' -> `b'
>   File: `b'
>   Size: 473           Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   regular file
> Device: fc03h/64515d  Inode: 278918      Links: 1
> Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    2/     bin)
> Access: 2009-03-26 11:42:43.000000000 -0500
> Modify: 2009-03-26 11:42:43.000000000 -0500
> Change: 2009-03-26 11:42:43.000000000 -0500
> 3
> removed `b'
> `a' -> `b'
>   File: `b'
>   Size: 473           Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   regular file
> Device: fc03h/64515d  Inode: 278918      Links: 1
> Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (   40/     src)
> Access: 2009-03-26 11:42:43.000000000 -0500
> Modify: 2009-03-26 11:42:43.000000000 -0500
> Change: 2009-03-26 11:42:43.000000000 -0500
> 4
> removed `b'
> `a' -> `b'
>   File: `b'
>   Size: 473           Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   regular file
> Device: fc03h/64515d  Inode: 278918      Links: 1
> Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (   40/     src)
> Access: 2009-03-26 11:42:43.000000000 -0500
> Modify: 2009-03-26 11:42:43.000000000 -0500
> Change: 2009-03-26 11:42:43.000000000 -0500
> 5
> removed `b'
> `a' -> `b'
>   File: `b'
>   Size: 473           Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   regular file
> Device: fc03h/64515d  Inode: 278918      Links: 1
> Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (   40/     src)
> Access: 2009-03-26 11:42:43.000000000 -0500
> Modify: 2009-03-26 11:42:43.000000000 -0500
> Change: 2009-03-26 11:42:43.000000000 -0500
> address@hidden:/usr/src/buildd/coreutils/coreutils-git $

Thanks! Just forwarding to keep the conversation on the list...

Could you please try the Jim's patch?
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-03/msg00399.html


Kamil