[Clfs-dev] Final System Test Suites

[William Harrington]

Hello CLFS community,

We have an issue that needs to be addressed.

Util-linux used to provide su, which we used when testing coreutils.

We've always installed and used shadow's su, and shadow is installed  
after coreutils, and we can't use that su as of right now, unless we  
test coreutils after installing shadow.

I was thinking, maybe when building coreutils, add to the instructions  
to extract shadow's su src file and build it to use for the test suite  
phase of coreutils.  I haven' t tested this, and I'm coming up with  
ideas on a whim.

We can move shadow before coreutils. I'm not sure how much of the  
final system it needs before being built. I think one time I did build  
shadow before coreutils and didn't see anyting weird, but really all  
we need is su at that point.

Any input is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

William Harrington