From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 16:23:01 GMT
Subject: Re: [regression] `make profile-install` fails in 2.10.1
Message-ID: <xmqqinsnhtwa.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20161019223840.j3lvfswazuozxkjo@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> I usually just try to recreate the actual environment (e.g., run the
> tests as root, run them on a loopback case-insensitive fs, etc) as that
> gives a more realistic recreation.

True.  I just do not want to run the tests as root myself ;-)  I
wonder if fakeroot would give us good enough illusion for that--I
haven't used it for a long while.