From: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:10:47 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: tests: avoid false failure when running as root
X-Git-Tag: v8.24~18
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cacd9bf9c265e6dda21d3105ade83ae1401867ce;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

tests: avoid false failure when running as root

* tests/misc/sync.sh: Ensure dir is unreadable before
including the permission check.
---

diff --git a/tests/misc/sync.sh b/tests/misc/sync.sh
index a20463061d..c6e09beb66 100755
--- a/tests/misc/sync.sh
+++ b/tests/misc/sync.sh
@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@ returns_ 1 sync file nofile || fail=1
 # Ensure inaccessible dirs give an appropriate error
 mkdir norw || framework_failure_
 chmod 0 norw || framework_failure_
-sync norw 2>err
-printf "sync: error opening 'norw': Permission denied\n" >exp
-compare exp err || fail=1
+if ! test -r norw; then
+  sync norw 2>err
+  printf "sync: error opening 'norw': Permission denied\n" >exp
+  compare exp err || fail=1
+fi
 
 if test "$fail" != '1'; then
   # Ensure a fifo doesn't block