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Re: [patch] fileio.exp FAILs if run as root
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:54:23 +0100, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
...
> I think a warning is quite sufficient. Perhaps in the FAIL message.
Attached.
Still there is an XFAIL for Cygwin so it IMO could be even for UNIX.
Regards,
Jan
2007-12-11 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
* gdb.base/fileio.exp: Add the testcase purpose comment at the top.
Embed a warning into the name of two testcases known to fail if we run
as root.
--- ./gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/fileio.exp 23 Aug 2007 18:14:16 -0000 1.12
+++ ./gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/fileio.exp 11 Dec 2007 18:22:44 -0000
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
# bug-gdb@prep.ai.mit.edu
# This file was written by Corinna Vinschen <vinschen@redhat.com>
+# Its main purpose is to test the GDB implementation of the remote file I/O
+# protocol.
if [target_info exists gdb,nofileio] {
verbose "Skipping fileio.exp because of no fileio capabilities."
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ catch "system \"chmod -f -w nowrt.fileio
gdb_test continue \
"Continuing\\..*open 5:.*EACCES$stop_msg" \
-"Open for write but no write permission returns EACCES"
+"Open for write but no write permission returns EACCES (it also fails if running as root)"
gdb_test continue \
"Continuing\\..*write 1:.*OK$stop_msg" \
@@ -234,7 +236,7 @@ if [ishost *cygwin*] {
}
gdb_test continue \
"Continuing\\..*unlink 2:.*EACCES$stop_msg" \
-"Unlinking a file in a directory w/o write access returns EACCES"
+"Unlinking a file in a directory w/o write access returns EACCES (it also fails if running as root)"
gdb_test continue \
"Continuing\\..*unlink 3:.*ENOENT$stop_msg" \