[Python-apps-team] Bug#745476: s3ql: automatic self test is failing

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

[Nikolaus Rath]
> S3QL is fine. The self test does not work when ran as root, because
> it relies on *not* being able to write into directories without
> write permission.

Right.  Perhaps autopkgtest should have a new restrictions, instead of
needs-root it should have not-root, to specify that the test can not
run as root, ref
<URL: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=autopkgtest/autopkgtest.git;a=blob_plain;f=doc/README.package-tests;hb=HEAD >? :)
This is not the first test case I know about that will fail when
running as root.

Glad to hear you have everything under control. :)

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Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen