[Clfs-dev] Final System Test Suites

[Martin Ward]

On 15/10/12 21:44, William Harrington wrote:
> 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.
>
This would be my preferred way, and that's what i have been doing for 
the last three or four builds, I use the boot method so needed login and 
passwd anyway
> Any input is greatly appreciated.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> William Harrington
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regards

Martin