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tests: avoid spurious "make check-root" failure

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* README (Running tests as root): Also set PATH in suggested "sudo"
command.  This avoids failure of at least tests/cp/cp-a-selinux
when the default PATH does not contain /sbin.
* tests/cp/cp-a-selinux: Don't redirect stderr to /dev/null.
"mkfs" was failing due to /sbin not being in PATH.
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Jim Meyering
2008-04-30 22:50:02 +02:00
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@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ I find that it is best to unpack and build as a non-privileged
user, and then to run the following command as that user in order
to run the privilege-requiring tests:
sudo env NON_ROOT_USERNAME=$USER make -k check-root
sudo env PATH="$PATH" NON_ROOT_USERNAME=$USER make -k check-root
If you can run the tests as root, please do so and report any
problems. We get much less test coverage in that mode, and it's