Re: bin/49005: [patch] t_truncate: use /etc/motd instead of /usr/bin/fpr

[Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya%gmail.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/49005; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya%gmail.com@localhost>
To: "gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost" <gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
Cc: "gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost" <gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost>, 
        "netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost" <netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
Subject: Re: bin/49005: [patch] t_truncate: use /etc/motd instead of 
/usr/bin/fpr
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 12:19:16 -0700

 On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 2:10 AM, David Holland 
<dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR bin/49005; it has been noted by GNATS.
 >
 > From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc:
 > Subject: Re: bin/49005: [patch] t_truncate: use /etc/motd instead of
 >  /usr/bin/fpr
 > Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 09:05:40 +0000
 >
 >  On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 05:40:00AM +0000, yaneurabeya%gmail.com@localhost 
 > wrote:
 >   > >Description:
 >   > FreeBSD doesn't have /usr/bin/fpr, but it does have /etc/motd, so the 
 > testcase should be changed to use /etc/motd.
 >
 >  /usr/bin/fpr was chosen on the grounds that it's expendable if
 >  something goes wrong and it gets truncated. The motd isn't.
 
     Ah, ok. It might be better to install a file into the source
 directory that's owned by root and 0644, then try and truncate it so
 the test is more portable and doesn't accidentally hose a utility or
 other file that it shouldn't as that's the purpose of the testcase (to
 test EACESS). Does that sound like a good approach?
 Thanks!
 -Garrett