From @mjdominus

When I run the tests as root​:

  lib/glob-basic......FAILED at test 6

 
When I run them as mjd, all the glob-basic tests pass.

That appears to be because test 6 is trying to make sure that `glob'
returns an empty list for an unreadable directory. But for root, even
a directory with mode 0 is still readable.

Site configuration information for perl 5.00562:

Configured by mjd at Mon Oct 18 13:43:02 EDT 1999.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 5 subversion 62) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.0.35, archname=i586-linux
    uname='linux plover 2.0.35 #2 mon oct 26 21:26:00 cst 1998 i586 unknown '
    config_args='-des'
    hint=previous, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef
    use64bits=undef usemultiplicity=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', optimize='-g', gccversion=egcs-2.90.29 980515 (egcs-1.0.3 release)
    cppflags='-DDEBUGGING -Dbool=char -DHAS_BOOL -I/usr/local/include'
    ccflags ='-DDEBUGGING -Dbool=char -DHAS_BOOL -I/usr/local/include'
    stdchar='char', d_stdstdio=define, usevfork=false
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
    alignbytes=4, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /shlib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lndbm -lgdbm -ldbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc
    libc=/lib/libc-2.0.7.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic'
    cccdlflags='-fpic', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:
    


@INC for perl 5.00562:
    lib
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00562/i586-linux
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00562
    /usr/local/lib/site_perl/5.00562/i586-linux
    /usr/local/lib/site_perl
    .


Environment for perl 5.00562:
    HOME=/home/mjd
    LANG (unset)
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/home/mjd/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/games:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin/X11:/usr/local/bin/mh:/data/mysql/bin:/home/mjd/TPI/bin:/usr/local/mysql/bin
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/bin/bash

From [Unknown Contact. See original ticket]

Aren't you supposed *not* to be root while building & testing perl :-)

Francois Desarmenien

mjd@​plover.com wrote​:

This is a bug report for perl from mjd@​plover.com,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.27 running under perl 5.00562.

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[Please enter your report here]

When I run the tests as root​:

    lib/glob\-basic\.\.\.\.\.\.FAILED at test 6

When I run them as mjd, all the glob-basic tests pass.

That appears to be because test 6 is trying to make sure that `glob'
returns an empty list for an unreadable directory. But for root, even
a directory with mode 0 is still readable.

[Please do not change anything below this line]
-----------------------------------------------------------------

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Site configuration information for perl 5.00562​:

Configured by mjd at Mon Oct 18 13​:43​:02 EDT 1999.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 5 subversion 62) configuration​:
Platform​:
osname=linux, osvers=2.0.35, archname=i586-linux
uname='linux plover 2.0.35 #2 mon oct 26 21​:26​:00 cst 1998 i586 unknown '
config_args='-des'
hint=previous, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
usethreads=undef useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef
use64bits=undef usemultiplicity=undef
Compiler​:
cc='cc', optimize='-g', gccversion=egcs-2.90.29 980515 (egcs-1.0.3 release)
cppflags='-DDEBUGGING -Dbool=char -DHAS_BOOL -I/usr/local/include'
ccflags ='-DDEBUGGING -Dbool=char -DHAS_BOOL -I/usr/local/include'
stdchar='char', d_stdstdio=define, usevfork=false
intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8
d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
alignbytes=4, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
Linker and Libraries​:
ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
libpth=/usr/local/lib /shlib /lib /usr/lib
libs=-lndbm -lgdbm -ldbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc
libc=/lib/libc-2.0.7.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
Dynamic Linking​:
dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic'
cccdlflags='-fpic', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches​:

---
@​INC for perl 5.00562​:
lib
/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00562/i586-linux
/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00562
/usr/local/lib/site_perl/5.00562/i586-linux
/usr/local/lib/site_perl
.

---
Environment for perl 5.00562​:
HOME=/home/mjd
LANG (unset)
LANGUAGE (unset)
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib​:/usr/lib​:/usr/X11R6/lib
LOGDIR (unset)
PATH=/home/mjd/bin​:/usr/local/bin​:/bin​:/usr/bin​:/usr/X11/bin​:/usr/games​:/sbin​:/usr/sbin​:/usr/local/bin/X11​:/usr/local/bin/mh​:/data/mysql/bin​:/home/mjd/TPI/bin​:/usr/local/mysql/bin
PERL_BADLANG (unset)
SHELL=/bin/bash

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