build: don't run tests as root

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/check b/check
index 79b73ee..4f26da1 100755
--- a/check
+++ b/check
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ sp-docgen obnam.md -o obnam.pdf
 
 sp-codegen obnam.md -o test.py
 rm -f test.log
-$hideok python3 test.py --log test.log "$@"
+if [ "$(id -un)" = root ]
+then
+    echo Not running tests as root.
+else
+    $hideok python3 test.py --log test.log "$@"
+fi
 
 echo "Everything seems to be in order."
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index d6aee88..ecfca56 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -12,5 +12,4 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	find debian/obnam/bin -type f ! -name 'obnam*' -delete
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
-	echo not running ./check in Debian package build
-	echo tests need too much infra in test environment
+	./check