Test suite update from Larry Doolittle to disable some problematic

ambiguous cases.  Everything now passes the test suite...

diff --git a/tests/cp_tests.mk b/tests/cp_tests.mk
index f6e6c0df782b58deb3e873ce4e33743887780184..b96c5cea6ce96a4edf96d5dcc2281d2334e86a09 100644 (file)
--- a/tests/cp_tests.mk
+++ b/tests/cp_tests.mk
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ clean:: cp_clean
 cp_clean:
        - rm -rf cp_tests cp_*.{gnu,bb} cp
 
+# check_cp_dir_to_dir_wo_a removed from this list; see below
 cp_tests: cp_clean cp check_exists check_simple_cp check_cp_symlnk \
        check_cp_symlink_w_a check_cp_files_to_dir check_cp_files_to_dir_w_d \
        check_cp_files_to_dir_w_p check_cp_files_to_dir_w_p_and_d \
-       check_cp_dir_to_dir_wo_a check_cp_dir_to_dir_w_a \
+       check_cp_dir_to_dir_w_a \
        check_cp_dir_to_dir_w_a_take_two
 
 check_exists:
@@ -247,6 +248,11 @@ check_cp_files_to_dir_w_p_and_d:
        @echo;
        rm -rf cp_tests/{afile{1,2},symlink1,there1};
 
+# This test doesn't work any more; gnu cp now _does_ copy a directory
+# to a subdirectory of itself.  What's worse, that "feature" has no
+# (documented) way to be disabled with command line switches.
+# It's not obvious that busybox cp should mimic this behavior.
+# For now, this test is removed from the cp_tests list, above.
 check_cp_dir_to_dir_wo_a:
        # Copy a directory to another directory, without the -a switch.
        @echo; echo Copy a directory to another directory, without the -a switch.

diff --git a/tests/mv_tests.mk b/tests/mv_tests.mk
index 81b8ffdecb5a0bd3d88d428d892ba6dc10334d30..f03e08a7378746baa8731a9b5fd4d79477245676 100644 (file)
--- a/tests/mv_tests.mk
+++ b/tests/mv_tests.mk
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ mv_tests: mv_clean mv
        @echo; echo ------------------------------;
        @echo There should be an error message about cannot mv a dir to a subdir of itself.
        cd mv_tests;                            \
-        touch a b c;                           \
         mkdir adir;                            \
+        touch -r . a b c adir;                 \
         ls -lR . > ../mv_a_star_adir.gnu;      \
         ${GMV} * adir;                         \
         ls -lR . >> ../mv_a_star_adir.gnu;
@@ -153,8 +153,9 @@ mv_tests: mv_clean mv
        @echo
        @echo There should be an error message about cannot mv a dir to a subdir of itself.
        cd mv_tests;                            \
-        rm -rf adir;                           \
+        rm -rf a b c adir;                     \
         mkdir adir;                            \
+        touch -r . a b c adir;                 \
         ls -lR . > ../mv_a_star_adir.bb;       \
         ${BMV} * adir;                 \
         ls -lR . >> ../mv_a_star_adir.bb;