On 01/02/13 13:24, Chirantan Ekbote wrote:
Fixes FS#33551.
Signed-off-by: Chirantan Ekbote <chirantan.ekbote@gmail.com> --- test/pacman/README | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/test/pacman/README b/test/pacman/README index e563379..9f1af7d 100644 --- a/test/pacman/README +++ b/test/pacman/README @@ -52,8 +52,17 @@ Upon completion, it checks that: Installation ============
-Simply extract the pactest tarball, jump into the newly created directory and -run pactest.py. See the usage section below. +You will need to build and install two libraries before running any +tests. + +fakeroot +http://fakeroot.alioth.debian.org + +fakechroot +http://fakechroot.alioth.debian.org + +To test pacman simply extract the pactest tarball, jump into the newly +created directory and run pactest.py. See the usage section below.
Remark: pacman 3.x restrictions regarding fakeroot must be disabled. It can be done by configuring pacman with the --disable-fakeroot flag:
Committed to my working branch as this: From: Chirantan Ekbote <chirantan.ekbote@gmail.com> Subject: [PATCH] Document fakeroot and fakechroot as dependencies Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org> --- test/pacman/README | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/test/pacman/README b/test/pacman/README index b6189d2..958ff28 100644 --- a/test/pacman/README +++ b/test/pacman/README @@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ Note: several "--test" options can be passed to pactest. Use the "help" option to get the full list of parameters: ./pactest.py --help +The following pieces of software are required to run the pactest suite: + +fakeroot (required to run as non-root user) +http://fakeroot.alioth.debian.org + +fakechroot +http://fakechroot.alioth.debian.org + Parameters ========== -- 1.8.1.2