Re: [exim-dev] Test suite unusable?

On 2019-02-24 01:57, Jeremy Harris wrote:

> On 24/02/2019 01:16, Ian Zimmerman via Exim-dev wrote:
> > devuan-205f!2 test$ ls -l aux-fixed/0037*
> > -rw-rw-r-- 1 itz eximtest 1660 Feb 23 13:33 aux-fixed/0037.f-1
>
> Thanks! You found a testsuite bug; the message has been
> wrong since I first wrote it (and you're the first to
> notice!). It should say "group". You presumably are
> not running the README guidance of an 022 umask;
> fix by "chmod -R g-w aux-fixed".

That answers the riddle, but it doesn't help me much, since the very
purpose of this setup was to be able to build as myself and then run the
tests as the ad-hoc eximtest user who has few other powers.

Do you have a suggestion for the version mismatch?

--
Please don't Cc: me privately on mailing lists and Usenet,
if you also post the followup to the list or newsgroup.
To reply privately _only_ on Usenet and on broken lists
which rewrite From, fetch the TXT record for no-use.mooo.com.