Re: new snapshot (rm fixes and new program: mktemp)

[Jim Meyering]

Mike Frysinger <address@hidden> wrote:
...
> chcon fails on my non-selinux system during `make check` ... looks like it
> should be an XFAIL when selinux support is disabled

Thanks for the quick feedback.
I presume you mean the root-only tests/misc/chcon test (btw, it works for me)
If so, please send chcon.log after doing this as root:

    cd tests/misc && make check TESTS=chcon VERBOSE=yes

> btw, where are the colors coming from ?  is that coreutils specific or is that
> a feature of autotest in newer autotools ?  i love it :)

They colors in "make check" output are from the combination of
build-aux/check.mk and tests/check.mk. It's specific to coreutils,
for now.  If enough people tell address@hidden that they like it,
maybe it'll end up being added there.  Thank the Vaucanson group for
their build-aux/check.mk file.

BTW, for me, the colors are secondary.
I made that change so that automake tests could be run in parallel.
(This part really should go into automake soon, but the coreutils
changes currently rely on features of GNU make).

Of course, making the tests truly independent enough to be
run in parallel without interfering with each other was a chore,
but here in coreutils, most of that is done.