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-rw-r--r--test/inet/tst-ethers-line.c5
-rw-r--r--test/inet/tst-ethers.c6
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/test/inet/tst-ethers-line.c b/test/inet/tst-ethers-line.c
index 19cf2fbf4..182faf098 100644
--- a/test/inet/tst-ethers-line.c
+++ b/test/inet/tst-ethers-line.c
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
#define ETHER_LINE_LEN 256
/* This test requires /etc/ethers to exist
- * and to have nonzero length
+ * and to have nonzero length. You should create it manually,
+ * if it doesn't exist.
*/
int main(void)
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ int main(void)
struct stat statb;
if ((fd = open(ETHER_FILE_NAME, O_RDONLY)) == -1) {
- perror ("Cannot open file");
+ perror ("Cannot open file /etc/ethers");
exit(1);
}
diff --git a/test/inet/tst-ethers.c b/test/inet/tst-ethers.c
index 6b6e10cd2..f12813aec 100644
--- a/test/inet/tst-ethers.c
+++ b/test/inet/tst-ethers.c
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
/* This test requires /etc/ethers to exist
* and to have host "teeth". For example:
* 00:11:22:33:44:55 teeth
+ * You should create /etc/ethers file with
+ * host "teeth" manually, if it doesn't exist.
*/
int main(void)
@@ -15,8 +17,10 @@ int main(void)
int i;
int res = ether_hostton("teeth", &addr);
- if (res)
+ if (res) {
+ printf("Either /etc/ethers is missing or it has incorrect contents\n");
return 1;
+ }
for (i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
printf("%02x", addr.ether_addr_octet[i]);