Changeset 3a673439 for chapter08/coreutils.xml

Timestamp:

03/16/2022 10:45:21 AM (2 years ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

xry111/clfs-ng

Children:

cfd1466

Parents:

f181345

Message:

clfs-ng: wrap coreutils root test in 'su -c'

File:

• chapter08/coreutils.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter08/coreutils.xml

@@ -115 +115 @@
     meant to be run as user <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">make NON_ROOT_USERNAME=tester check-root</userinput></screen>
-
-    <!-- TODO: Only happens in clfs-ng.  Need to investigate.  -->
-    <para>One test named <filename>chroot-credentials.sh</filename> is
-    known to fail, but it will pass after booting the LFS system.</para>
+    <!-- CLFS note: "su -c" to set the supplementary group IDs.
+         For a normal LFS build, they are already set by 'login' or 'su'.
+         But for CLFS there is no such tool available at the beginning of
+         chapter 7.  Currently coreutils is the only package of which the
+         test suite needs the supplementary GIDs set up.  -->
+<screen><userinput remap="test">su -c 'make NON_ROOT_USERNAME=tester check-root'</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>We're going to run the remainder of the tests as the