Re: Various tests give illusory results

[Jim Meyering]

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 09/06/2012 11:09 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
>> index 63fa042..6941721 100644
>> --- a/NEWS
>> +++ b/NEWS
>> @@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
>>
>>   ** Improvements
>>
>> +  root-only tests now check for permissions of our dummy user,
>> +  $NON_ROOT_USERNAME, before trying to run binaries from the build 
>> directory.
>> +  Before, we would get hard-to-diagnose reports of failing root-only tests.
>> +  Now, those tests are skipped with a useful diagnostic when the root tests
>> +  are run without following the instructions in README.
>> +
>
> Minor point is that this isn't really an improvement visible to users
> We've previously used this header for such info: ** Build-related

Good point.  Thanks.  Adjusted.