Changeset f4c628c for chapter06/coreutils.xml

Timestamp:

04/03/2007 12:21:48 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

Jeremy Huntwork <jhuntwork@…>

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Children:

9e85ca2

Parents:

85d8df5

Message:

Install su from coreutils in chapter 5 as su-tools. Use su-tools to run test suites from coreutils and bash as user nobody. Fixes #1877

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@8006 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• chapter06/coreutils.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter06/coreutils.xml

@@ -73 +73 @@
 <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>The test suite of Coreutils makes several assumptions about the
-    presence of system users and groups that are not valid within the minimal
-    environment that exists at the moment. Therefore, additional items need
-    to be set up before running the tests. Skip down to <quote>Install the
+    <para>Skip down to <quote>Install the
     package</quote> if not running the test suite.</para>
-
-    <para>Create two dummy groups and a dummy user:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>echo "dummy1:x:1000:" &gt;&gt; /etc/group
-echo "dummy2:x:1001:dummy" &gt;&gt; /etc/group
-echo "dummy:x:1000:1000::/root:/bin/bash" &gt;&gt; /etc/passwd</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Now the test suite is ready to be run. First, run the tests that are
     meant to be run as user <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>make NON_ROOT_USERNAME=dummy check-root</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>make NON_ROOT_USERNAME=nobody check-root</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Then run the remainder of the tests as the
-    <systemitem class="username">dummy</systemitem> user:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>src/su dummy -c "make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check"</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para>When testing is complete, remove the dummy user and groups:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>sed -i '/dummy/d' /etc/passwd /etc/group</userinput></screen>
+    <systemitem class="username">nobody</systemitem> user:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>su-tools nobody -s /bin/bash -c "make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check"</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>