On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:58:05 +0100, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> > Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 19:14:22 +0100
> > From: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > if you run gdb.base/fileio.exp as UID 0 it will print:
> > 	FAIL: gdb.base/fileio.exp: Open for write but no write permission returns EACCES
> > 	FAIL: gdb.base/fileio.exp: Unlinking a file in a directory w/o write access returns EACCES
> 
> People running the testsuite as root deserve what they get.  I don't
> think we should complicate our code to make that possible, especially
> if it involves calling setuid() which is notoriously unportable.

OK, this is the other possibility I was considering.


Regards,
Jan