Bug 107700 – sandbox violation during `make check` while emerging gnome-base/libbonoboui-2.10.1

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

[Description Drake Wyrm 2005-09-30 06:19:27 UTC]

While updating gnome-base/libbonoboui-2.10.1, I received the following error
during the `make check` phase:


make  check-TESTS
make[3]: Entering directory
`/var/tmp/portage/libbonoboui-2.10.1/work/libbonoboui-2.10.1/tests'
ACCESS DENIED  chmod:     /root/.gnome2_private
Could not set mode 0700 on private per-user gnome configuration directory
`/root/.gnome2_private/': Permission denied
FAIL: test-ui-auto
===================
1 of 1 tests failed
===================
make[3]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory
`/var/tmp/portage/libbonoboui-2.10.1/work/libbonoboui-2.10.1/tests'
make[2]: *** [check-am] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/var/tmp/portage/libbonoboui-2.10.1/work/libbonoboui-2.10.1/tests'
make[1]: *** [check-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/var/tmp/portage/libbonoboui-2.10.1/work/libbonoboui-2.10.1/tests'
make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1


For now, I will work around the bug by merging with FEATURES=-maketest. Hit me
up for any additional information which may be useful.

The host in question:
Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.6, glibc-2.3.5-r1,
2.6.12-gentoo-r6 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) processor
Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13
dev-lang/python:     2.3.5-r2
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.12
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r6
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1
sys-devel/binutils:  2.15.92.0.2-r10
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.18-r1
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.11-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=athlon-tbird -Os -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
MAKEOPTS="-j2 -w"

The attempted build:
[ebuild     U ] gnome-base/libbonoboui-2.10.1 [2.10.0] +X -debug +doc -static

Running FEATURES='-maketest' emerge --oneshot =gnome-base/libbonoboui-2.10.1
completed without error.

[Comment 1 John N. Laliberte (RETIRED) 2005-09-30 06:24:55 UTC]

please submit a patch upstream to fix the test.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 69343 ***

[Comment 2 Drake Wyrm 2005-10-08 10:07:13 UTC]

Please add RESTRICT=test to ebuild if no other solution seems likely.

[Comment 3 Joe McCann (RETIRED) 2005-10-08 14:25:24 UTC]

If we add that option to packages that don't pass tests then the whole maketest
feature is useless. I realise this is a concern to some users, as they don't
want to install packages that fail tests or have their installs stopped by the
error. The users who are effected should really file upstream bug reports with
the package maintainers and inform them that the the package doesn't pass tests
or that the tests are out of date. You really shouldn't use maketest globally if
you are willing to install packages that fail anyways.

[Comment 4 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2006-01-23 17:29:58 UTC]

*** Bug 120117 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 5 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2006-08-22 00:18:08 UTC]

*** Bug 144694 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 6 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2006-12-03 04:21:43 UTC]

*** Bug 156976 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 7 Drake Wyrm 2010-03-27 23:35:27 UTC]

I still disagree with the way this bug was resolved; nevertheless, this one's dead.