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Re: t5539 fails on ubuntu for v2.0.0-rc2

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 9, 2014, 21:08 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> Does running the tests as a non-root user fix it? If so, I think we have
> a few options in git:
>
>   1. Add a User directive to our httpd.conf. I doubt this is a good
>      idea to do unconditionally, as a non-root apache would probably be
>      unhappy with it.
>
>   2. Add a User directive when we detect that the tests are running as
>      root.  This might work, but I'm a bit iffy, as we do not know the
>      appropriate username for the system (e.g., "nobody" versus
>      "www-data" versus something else).
>
>   3. Just disable the http tests when run as root.
>
> I think I'd favor 3. But I'd like to be sure that being root is the
> problem.
I agree with both the conclusion and the precondition.
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  1. Fabio D'AlfonsoMay 7, 2014
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2014
  3. Jeff KingMay 8, 2014
  4. Fabio D'AlfonsoMay 8, 2014
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  6. Jeff KingMay 9, 2014
  7. Fabio D'AlfonsoMay 9, 2014
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2014
  9. Jeff KingMay 10, 2014
  10. Jeff KingMay 14, 2014
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 14, 2014
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