emerge fails to upgrade mysql from 5.0.38 to 5.0.42 if make.conf contains FEATURES="sandbox ccache distlocks test" It fails because tests fail make: *** [test-ps] Error 1 * test-ps failed !!! ERROR: dev-db/mysql-5.0.42 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1615: Called dyn_test ebuild.sh, line 1027: Called qa_call 'src_test' ebuild.sh, line 44: Called src_test mysql-5.0.42.ebuild, line 69: Called die Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge =dev-db/mysql-5.0.42 Actual Results: *ALL* tests from mysql test suite fail. Expected Results: Tests should not fail as with mysql-5.0.38. Everything works on 5.0.38. Mysql tests log file /var/tmp/portage/dev-db/mysql-5.0.42/work/mysql/mysql-test/var/log/master.err shows CURRENT_TEST: alias 070619 9:14:21 [ERROR] Fatal error: Please read "Security" section of the manual to find out how to run mysqld as root! 070619 9:14:21 [ERROR] Aborting 070619 9:14:21 [Note] /var/tmp/portage/dev-db/mysql-5.0.42/work/mysql/sql/mysqld: Shutdown complete an many same errors
You must use FEATURES=userpriv for testing!