From 9d8edeac3280dba38d94a50cc6ea685ca79e9566 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Wirzenius Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:33:38 +0200 Subject: doc: explain why block, char devices aren't tested --- summain.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/summain.md b/summain.md index df2087e..47acba4 100644 --- a/summain.md +++ b/summain.md @@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ order. # Acceptance criteria +These scenarios verify that Summain handles the various kinds of file +system objects it may encounter, with two exceptions: block and +character devices. To create those, one needs to be the `root` user, +and we don't want to have to run the test suite as root. Instead, we +blithely rely on the output being correct for those anyway. Testing +manually indicates that it works, and the only difference from, say, +regular files is that the mode starts with a `b` or `c`, which is +exactly correct. + ## Directory ~~~scenario -- cgit v1.2.1