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From:
Stuart Cassoff <exokoide@yahoo.ca>
Subject:
OpenBSD won't allow overwriting a read-only directory
To:
OpenBSD Ports <ports@openbsd.org>
Date:
Sat, 27 Jun 2026 04:52:51 -0400

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  • Stuart Cassoff:

    OpenBSD won't allow overwriting a read-only directory

The Tcl ports skip a test:

# The fCmd-9.4 test will always fail;
# OpenBSD won't allow overwriting a read-only directory.
TESTFLAGS += -skip 'fCmd-9.4'


Replicating the test in shell:

$ mkdir a ; chmod 555 a ; mv a b
mv: rename a to b: Permission denied


This addition to TESTFLAGS has been in Tcl ports for a long time.
If this is always going to be the case, then I can upstream the skip.
Is there a chance this behaviour will ever change?


Stu