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Re: [PATCH 2/2] test-lib.sh: Dynamic test for the prerequisite SANITY

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 28, 2015, 20:38 UTC
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Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de> writes:
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>> OK, but MacOS X does not have SANITY problem; "is the / writable?" test
>> was misdetecting and declaring a system with SANITY does not have one.
>>
>> Perhaps roll Cygwin and Mingw into a single Windows category? I dunno.
> The whole discussion actually started with Mac OS X,
> and the conclusion was that Mac OS X should have SANITY set, but hadn't,
> because  / is writable (if you install from scratch):
Exactly.

On MacOSX running as non-root-but-can-write-to-slash-user, we should say SANITY is satisfied, but "is the / writable?" check was misdetecting and declaring the system does not have SANITY.

So we are in agreement, no?
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  1. 2/2 test-lib.sh: Dynamic test for the prerequisite SANITYTorsten Bögershausen, Jan 27, 2015
  2. Chris PackhamJan 27, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 27, 2015
  4. Torsten BögershausenJan 28, 2015
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 28, 2015
  6. Torsten BögershausenJan 28, 2015
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 28, 2015

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