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Re: coreutils-6.3: install: basic-1 fails
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From: |
Jim Meyering |
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Re: coreutils-6.3: install: basic-1 fails |
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Date: |
Tue, 03 Oct 2006 23:30:55 +0200 |
Bauke Jan Douma <address@hidden> wrote:
> Paul Eggert wrote:
>> Bauke Jan Douma <address@hidden> writes:
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>>> cp: cannot open
>>> `/sw/coreutils/coreutils-6.3/tests/install/../../src/dd' for reading:
>> What are the permissions of that file? That is, what is the output
>> of
>> this command:
>> ls -l /sw/coreutils/coreutils-6.3/tests/install/../../src/dd
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> $> ls -l /sw/coreutils/coreutils-6.3/tests/install/../../src/dd
> -rwx--x--x 1 root staff 45532 Oct 3 18:06
> /sw/coreutils/coreutils-6.3/tests/install/../../src/dd
That file is readable only by root.
So if you're running tests as some other user, that would
explain the failure you saw.