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util: re-point GNU test harness at current checkout in run-gnu-test.sh #13163

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util: re-point GNU test harness at current checkout in run-gnu-test.sh
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Update spell-checker ignore list in run-gnu-test.sh
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35 changes: 34 additions & 1 deletion util/run-gnu-test.sh
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# `run-gnu-test.bash [TEST]`
# run GNU test (or all tests if TEST is missing/null)

# spell-checker:ignore (env/vars) GNULIB SRCDIR SUBDIRS OSTYPE MAKEFLAGS; (utils) shellcheck greadlink
# spell-checker:ignore (env/vars) GNULIB SRCDIR SUBDIRS OSTYPE MAKEFLAGS; (utils) shellcheck greadlink ginstall

# ref: [How the GNU coreutils are tested](https://www.pixelbeat.org/docs/coreutils-testing.html) @@ <https://archive.is/p2ITW>
# * note: to run a single test => `make check TESTS=PATH/TO/TEST/SCRIPT SUBDIRS=. VERBOSE=yes`
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cd "${path_GNU}" && echo "[ pwd:'${PWD}' ]"

# --- Self-heal: make the shared GNU harness point at THIS checkout ----------
# ${path_GNU} is shared between sibling uutils checkouts; whichever one last ran
# build-gnu.sh leaves its own target dir patched into the Makefile/local.mk
# PATH, so the harness can silently run a stale/other build. Re-point the PATH
# (and re-create the multicall hardlinks) here so that running this script is
# enough to test the current tree - no full rebuild just because another
# checkout stole the PATH.
: "${PROFILE:=debug}"
if [ -n "${CARGO_TARGET_DIR}" ]; then
UU_BUILD_DIR="${CARGO_TARGET_DIR}/${PROFILE}"
else
UU_BUILD_DIR="${path_UUTILS}/target/${PROFILE}"
fi
if [ ! -x "${UU_BUILD_DIR}/coreutils" ]; then
echo "error: no coreutils binary at '${UU_BUILD_DIR}'." >&2
echo " run 'bash util/build-gnu.sh' first (PROFILE=${PROFILE})." >&2
exit 1
fi
echo "Re-pointing GNU harness at '${UU_BUILD_DIR}'"
for binary in $("${UU_BUILD_DIR}/coreutils" --list); do
tgt="${UU_BUILD_DIR}/${binary}"
[ "${tgt}" -ef "${UU_BUILD_DIR}/coreutils" ] || ln -f "${UU_BUILD_DIR}/coreutils" "${tgt}"
done
# The GNU tests invoke `ginstall` rather than `install`.
[ -e "${UU_BUILD_DIR}/ginstall" ] || [ ! -e "${UU_BUILD_DIR}/install" ] || ln -f "${UU_BUILD_DIR}/install" "${UU_BUILD_DIR}/ginstall"
uu_path_sed="s/^[[:blank:]]*PATH=.*/ PATH='${UU_BUILD_DIR//\//\\/}\$(PATH_SEPARATOR)'\"\$\$PATH\" \\\/"
for f in Makefile tests/local.mk; do
if [ -f "${f}" ]; then sed -i "${uu_path_sed}" "${f}"; fi
done
# Keep Makefile newer than Makefile.in so make won't regenerate it and undo the patch.
if [ -f Makefile ]; then touch Makefile; fi
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

export RUST_BACKTRACE=1

# Determine if we have SELinux tests
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