Hi, test "tests/ls/readdir-mountpoint-inode.sh" is unstable and should require root privileges because it will fail when it encounters permissions like
> # df --local --out=target | sed -n '/^\/./p' > /dev > /run > /dev/shm > /sys/fs/cgroup > /boot > /usr/portage > /usr/portage/distfiles > /var/log > /backup > /srv > /srv/mysql Where "/srv" isn't readable for the user currently running the test: > # stat --format=%A /srv > drwxr-x--x > # stat --format=%A /srv/mysql/ > drwxrwx--- Test output: > +++ dirname /srv/mysql > ++ parent_dir=/srv > ++ eval 'ls -i -I '\''.?*'\'' -I '\''mysql?*'\'' -I '\''mysq[^l]*'\'' -I > '\''????'\'' -I '\''mys[^q]*'\'' -I '\''???'\'' -I '\''my[^s]*'\'' -I > '\''??'\'' -I '\''m[^y]*'\'' -I '\''?'\'' -I '\''[^m]*'\'' '\''/srv'\''' > ++ sed 's/ .*//' > +++ ls -i -I '.?*' -I 'mysql?*' -I 'mysq[^l]*' -I '????' -I 'mys[^q]*' -I > '???' -I 'my[^s]*' -I '??' -I 'm[^y]*' -I '?' -I '[^m]*' /srv > ls: cannot open directory '/srv': Permission denied > + readdir_inode= > + test 0 = 77 > ++ timeout 1 stat --format=%i /srv/mysql > + stat_inode=96 > + case $stat_inode in > + test '' = 96 > + fail=1 Full test output: https://paste.pound-python.org/show/VRD8hTfErxNtrqkZ3Muj Tested with coreutils-8.28. Suggested patch: diff --git a/tests/ls/readdir-mountpoint-inode.sh b/tests/ls/readdir-mountpoint-inode.sh index b4ca9e46e..57ec74740 100755 --- a/tests/ls/readdir-mountpoint-inode.sh +++ b/tests/ls/readdir-mountpoint-inode.sh @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ . "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src print_ver_ ls +require_root_ # We use --local here so as to not activate # potentially very many remote mounts. -- Regards, Thomas Deutschmann / Gentoo Linux Developer C4DD 695F A713 8F24 2AA1 5638 5849 7EE5 1D5D 74A5