Hi, 2006/3/24, Junio C Hamano <junkio@xxxxxxx>: > Panagiotis Issaris <takis@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > * FAIL 9: Test that "git-rm -f" fails if its rm fails > > git-rm -f baz > >... > > My system: > > Ubuntu 5.10 aka Breezy > > Linux issaris 2.6.15.060103 #1 Tue Jan 3 14:27:55 CET 2006 i686 GNU/Linux > > I wonder what your system shows if you run: > > $ cd t && sh -x t3600-rm.sh -i -v Here's the output: takis@issaris:/usr/local/src/git$ cd t && sh -x t3600-rm.sh -i -v ... * ok 8: Test that "git-rm -f" succeeds with embedded space, tab, or newline characters. + test y = y + chmod u-w . + test_expect_failure 'Test that "git-rm -f" fails if its rm fails' 'git-rm -f baz' + test 2 = 2 + say 'expecting failure: git-rm -f baz' + echo '* expecting failure: git-rm -f baz' * expecting failure: git-rm -f baz + test_run_ 'git-rm -f baz' + eval 'git-rm -f baz' ++ git-rm -f baz rm: cannot remove `baz': Permission denied + eval_ret=0 + return 0 + '[' 0 = 0 -a 0 '!=' 0 ']' + test_failure_ 'Test that "git-rm -f" fails if its rm fails' 'git-rm -f baz' ++ expr 8 + 1 + test_count=9 ++ expr 0 + 1 + test_failure=1 + say 'FAIL 9: Test that "git-rm -f" fails if its rm fails' + echo '* FAIL 9: Test that "git-rm -f" fails if its rm fails' * FAIL 9: Test that "git-rm -f" fails if its rm fails + shift + echo 'git-rm -f baz' + sed -e 's/^/ /' git-rm -f baz + test t = '' + trap - exit + exit 1 > The test #9 makes the test directory unwritable before trying to > unlink a file there, and git-rm runs rm without -f which should > make it fail. So either your "chmod u-w ." is broken, you are > running it as root and defeating "chmod u-w .", or you have a > broken rm that does not report failure with its exit status. I am running it as fakeroot, as part of the "dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -us -b" command for building Debian packages. Would this be the problem (the fakeroot)? With friendly regards, Takis - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html