Merge topic 'handle_testing_as_root'

4b537c59

 Tests: Handle that root users on linux can always write to files

Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>
Merge-request: !173

testSystemTools.cxx

@@ -328,7 +328,14 @@ static bool CheckFileOperations()
   }
 
   // While we're at it, check proper TestFileAccess functionality.
-  if (kwsys::SystemTools::TestFileAccess(testNewFile,
+  bool do_write_test = true;
+#if defined(__linux__)
+  // If we are running as root on linux ignore this check, as
+  // root can always write to files
+  do_write_test = (getuid() != 0);
+#endif
+  if (do_write_test &&
+      kwsys::SystemTools::TestFileAccess(testNewFile,
                                          kwsys::TEST_FILE_WRITE)) {
     std::cerr
       << "TestFileAccess incorrectly indicated that this is a writable file:"