From 911204a1e0689426409439b997a1acbcb5b63801 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefano Lattarini Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 15:50:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] tests: fix spurious failures due to dpkg install-info * t/install-info-dir.sh: Skip some checks if 'install-info' is the one from dpkg, not the one from GNU info; the former might try to create files in '/var/backups/', causing spurious failures like this for any non-root user: install-info(.../install-info-dir.dir/_inst/info/foo.info): \ creating new section `Dummy utilities' cp: cannot create regular file `/var/backups/infodir.bak': \ Permission denied install-info(.../install-info-dir.dir/_inst/info/foo.info): \ could not backup .../install-info-dir.dir/_inst/info/dir in \ /var/backups/infodir.bak: No such file or directory Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini --- t/install-info-dir.sh | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/t/install-info-dir.sh b/t/install-info-dir.sh index d8b32d863..12b22930e 100755 --- a/t/install-info-dir.sh +++ b/t/install-info-dir.sh @@ -67,7 +67,15 @@ $MAKE info test -f foo.info if install-info --version; then - have_installinfo=yes + # Skip some checks even if 'install-info' is the one from dpkg, not + # the one from GNU info, as the former might try to create files in + # '/var/backups/', causing spurious failures like this for non-root + # users. + if install-info --version | $EGREP -i '(dpkg|debian) install-info'; then + have_installinfo=no + else + have_installinfo=yes + fi else have_installinfo=no fi -- 2.47.3