Re: Test suite failure in new snapshot

[Jim Meyering]

Sven Joachim <address@hidden> wrote:
> I got an error in `make check' in this snapshot:
> Here are the contents of selinux.log:
>
> FAIL: selinux.log (exit: 1)
> --- out       2008-03-29 17:48:48.000000000 +0100
> +++ exp       2008-03-29 17:48:48.000000000 +0100
> @@ -1 +1 @@
> -mkdir: failed to set default file creation context to 
> `invalid-selinux-context': No such file or directory
> +mkdir: failed to set default file creation context to 
> `invalid-selinux-context':
...

Thanks for the quick feedback!

That's odd.
But it's easy to work around.  Patch below, but before I apply
it for good, I'd like to understand why it is happening.

What type of system are you using?
Kernel?  Which version of libselinux?

Please run this:

  strace -o log ./mkdir -Z jdkdjkdj foo

and post the contents of the resulting "log" file.

-----------------------

        avoid spurious failure of new test on/when ???
        * tests/mkdir/selinux: Also accept ENOENT.
        Reported by Sven Joachim.

diff --git a/tests/mkdir/selinux b/tests/mkdir/selinux
index c0fc201..16506ce 100755
--- a/tests/mkdir/selinux
+++ b/tests/mkdir/selinux
@@ -37,8 +37,11 @@ for cmd_w_arg in 'mkdir dir' 'mknod b p' 'mkfifo f'; do
   set $cmd_w_arg; cmd=$1
   echo "$cmd: $msg" > exp || fail=1

-  # Some systems fail with ENOTSUP, some with EINVAL.
-  sed 's/ Invalid argument$//;s/ Operation not supported$//' out > k || fail=1
+  # Some systems fail with ENOTSUP, or EINVAL, or even ENOENT.
+  sed
+    -e 's/ Invalid argument$//'
+    -e 's/ Operation not supported$//'
+    -e 's/ No such file or directory$//' out > k || fail=1
   mv k out || fail=1
   compare out exp || fail=1
 done
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1.5.5.rc1.13.g79388