Re: distcheck fails with autotest: autom4te: cannot open ../../tests/testsuite.tmp: Permission denied

[Jim Meyering]

Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> wrote:
> Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> $ touch a && chmod -w a
>> $ sh -c '{ echo foo; } > a'; echo $?
>> sh: a: Permission denied
>> 0
>
> There is a cheap workaround:
>
> $ sh -c ':; { :; } > a; echo $?'
> sh: a: Permission denied
> 1

Nice!