coreutils-6.0: two testsuite problems on Linux/x86

[Bruno Haible]

On Linux/x86 (Linux 2.4.21, glibc-2.3.6) I get:

make[3]: Entering directory `/build/coreutils-6.0/tests/dd'
dd iflag=noatime updated atime; O_NOATIME bug in your kernel?
FAIL: misc

Your announcement says that O_NOATIME is only supported in Linux >= 2.6.8.
So this should be an XFAIL, not a FAIL, and not cause "make check" to fail.

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make[3]: Entering directory `/build/coreutils-6.0/tests/du'
...
./slink: skipping this test, since `.' is on a non-local file system
SKIP: slink

Why the test think it's a non-local file system?

$ LC_ALL=C df .
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda9              2902064   1479956   1422108  51% /build

The test looks at the result of "df --local . | tail -n +2".
$ ../src/df --local . | ../src/tail -n +2
<empty indeed>
$ ../src/df --local .
/dev/hda9              2902064   1479956   1422108  51% /build

So apparently "df --local ." never outputs more than one line.

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Bruno