explanations with common test3 errors.

diff --git a/test/test3.c b/test/test3.c
index 2aa2b55880ef4898d89eba9e47a0a900e6046c6d..d3e6a8e839e088460a6215307039e05f4514af21 100644 (file)
--- a/test/test3.c
+++ b/test/test3.c
@@ -164,13 +164,13 @@ void test3c()
 
   subtest = 3;
   errno = -3000;               /* None of these calls set errno. */
-  if ( (p = getenv("HOME")) == NULL) e(1);
-  if (*p != '/') e(2);         /* path must be absolute */
-  if ( (p = getenv("PATH")) == NULL) e(3);
-  if ( (p = getenv("LOGNAME")) == NULL) e(5);
+  if ( (p = getenv("HOME")) == NULL) { fprintf(stderr, "Please have $HOME set properly.\n"); e(1); }
+  if (*p != '/') { fprintf(stderr, "Please have $HOME point to an abolute path.\n"); e(2); }           /* path must be absolute */
+  if ( (p = getenv("PATH")) == NULL) { fprintf(stderr, "Please have $PATH set properly.\n"); e(3); }
+  if ( (p = getenv("LOGNAME")) == NULL) { fprintf(stderr, "Please have $LOGNAME set properly.\n"); e(5); }
   strcpy(name, p);             /* save it, since getlogin might wipe it out */
   p = getlogin();
-  if (strcmp(p, name) != 0) e(6);
+  if (strcmp(p, name) != 0) { fprintf(stderr, "Please have $LOGNAME set to your real username. (su - instead of su?)\n"); e(6); }
 
   /* The following test could fail in a legal POSIX system.  However, if it
    * does, you deserve it to fail.