hi, i recently uploaded File::Slurp 9999.14 and was sent some failure reports. i had tested it (or others for me) on a reasonably wide range of platforms with no failures. the report noted netbsd and perl 5.12.3 rcs but also linux and perl 5.10.1. i installed 5.10.1 and it passed my linux. only when one of the testers who failed told me it was running under root did i get a clue. he was upgrading all his netbsd boxes so that is why he ran under root.
the test was forcing rename to fail by creating a dir and a file in it then making the dir a-x and calling rename. this works fine as a regular user. but of course as root, permissions be damned and it works (which makes the test not report any ok() value). i rewrote the test to use a core call override (which is how i force sysread/syswrite to fail in the same test script and now it fails properly for rename under root. so my request is you mark the user/root value in the test matrix. then it would have been easy to see the root failures but the successes as a regular user. an odd request but you can see why it mattered here. now it is moot as i did it a different way. thanx, uri -- Uri Guttman ------ u...@stemsystems.com -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com ---------
