Re: coreutils 5.2.1 make check fails

[Jim Meyering]

michael <address@hidden> wrote:
> per your request I am sending the output using below per your request.
>
>>      cd tests/chmod
>>      env VERBOSE=yes make check TESTS=no-x
>>
>>      cd tests/rm
>>      env VERBOSE=yes make check TESTS=fail-2eperm
>
> Also I am using fileutils 4.1 if that gives any insight.

I presume you mean that's what is installed in your path.
...
>>  $ env VERBOSE=yes make check TESTS=no-x
...
>>  + exit 0
>>  + status=0
>>  + cd /cu/tests/chmod
>>  + chmod -R u+rwx no-x.tmp
>>  + rm -rf no-x.tmp
>>  + exit 0
>>  PASS: no-x
>>  ==================
>>  All 1 tests passed
>>  ==================

Please include the precise command you used.
Note that your output does not include any of the `+'-prefixed
lines that were in the output I included above.
That makes me think either we're not running the same
command, or else something else is going wrong on your end.

> make  check-TESTS
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/src/coreutils-5.2.1/tests/chmod'
> out exp differ: char 8, line 1
> 1c1
> < chmod: getting attributes of `d/no-x/y': Permission denied
> ---
>> chmod: `d/no-x': Permission denied
> FAIL: no-x
...