From 9bfd203fadb72045dff9ba540e5bf0ab5646ec1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 16:10:03 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] util-linux: Create a dummy /etc/fstab to satisfy two tests

---
 chapter08/util-linux.xml | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/chapter08/util-linux.xml b/chapter08/util-linux.xml
index 4df6e04dd..648b204b5 100644
--- a/chapter08/util-linux.xml
+++ b/chapter08/util-linux.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,14 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>If desired, run the test suite as a non-&root; user:</para>
+    <!-- To editors:
+         Two tests need a /etc/fstab file.  They are skipped if the host
+         distro isn't using systemd as the init system, so don't remove
+         the creation of /etc/fstab unless you've tested it with such a
+         host distro (for example LFS systemd or Debian).  -->
+    <para>If desired, create a dummy <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file
+    to satisfy two tests and run the test suite as a non-&root;
+    user:</para>
 
     <warning><para>Running the test suite as the
     <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user can be harmful to
@@ -106,7 +113,8 @@
 <screen role="nodump"><userinput>bash tests/run.sh --srcdir=$PWD --builddir=$PWD</userinput></screen>
     </warning>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -R tester .
+<screen><userinput remap="test">touch /etc/fstab
+chown -R tester .
 su tester -c "make -k check"</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>