Re: "make test" works again (sort-of) on cygwin.

Ramsay Jones, Thu, Jul 03, 2008 19:44:28 +0200:

I spent many hours (not recently) trying to determine the reason for
the crash, but it seems to be essentially "random gremlins" :-)
However, since I mostly use Linux, I've not been very motivated to
find a solution, particularly when git works fine (touch wood) when
used for real work. (i.e. only "make test" crashes my machine).
Also, as Alex and Shawn have not reported problems, I have assumed
it is something specific to my environment. Dunno.

I haven't tried to run the test on XP recently (it is a production
workstation, after all), but the last time I risked it was locked up
hard. Win2k runs (and I even can work, well, browse, on it)

Anyhow, the "sort-of" in the subject line, relates to the fact that
I am seeing some test failures.  In particular, all tests in
t0004-unwritable.sh and tests 21->24 in t3700-add.sh. All of these
tests involve chmod/permissions ...

Don't run "make test" as root (or "backup operator" on windows).
OTOH, a windows machine is almost useless, unless you're a member of
local administrators group (which includes "backup" permission).