If we place /var/lib/xfstests on a read-only filesystem, commands in _link_out_file_named() fail to modify the files. However, they won't fail the test. As a result, the test case fails mysteriously with only "no qualified output" printed. Fix it by checking the error case. Signed-off-by: Naohiro Aota <naohiro.aota@xxxxxxx> --- common/rc | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/common/rc b/common/rc index 76a7e7740318..4e9bd34f7772 100644 --- a/common/rc +++ b/common/rc @@ -3431,8 +3431,8 @@ _link_out_file_named() } print $result ' <$seqfull.cfg) - rm -f $1 - ln -fs $(basename $1).$suffix $1 + rm -f $1 || _fail "_link_out_file_named: failed to remove existing output file" + ln -fs $(basename $1).$suffix $1 || _fail "_link_out_file_named: failed to setup output file" } _link_out_file() -- 2.42.0