As of 21685c955 the 'distcheck' is broken. The problem is, by default it copies all the necessary files and make them read only. However, pci device detach test doesn't work that way. The PCI device configs are stored within our tests/ directory and need to be writable (detaching and resetting means writing into the config file). Hence, we must make those files writable again. Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn(a)redhat.com&gt; --- tests/Makefile.am | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am index e46d5f7..29dbf76 100644 --- a/tests/Makefile.am +++ b/tests/Makefile.am @@ -921,3 +921,8 @@ endif ! WITH_CIL CLEANFILES = *.cov *.gcov .libs/*.gcda .libs/*.gcno *.gcno *.gcda *.cmi *.cmx \ object-locking-files.txt + +# Some tests tend to write into files. Notably, the virpcitest, which detach +# and reset a pci device (achieved byt writing into a pci config file). +check-local: + chmod -R u+w $(srcdir)/virpcitestdata/