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-rw-r--r--Source/kwsys/testSystemTools.cxx7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Source/kwsys/testSystemTools.cxx b/Source/kwsys/testSystemTools.cxx
index 700eaf7..39a19cb 100644
--- a/Source/kwsys/testSystemTools.cxx
+++ b/Source/kwsys/testSystemTools.cxx
@@ -332,9 +332,10 @@ static bool CheckFileOperations()
// While we're at it, check proper TestFileAccess functionality.
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
+#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || \
+ defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__)
+ // If we are running as root on POSIX-ish systems (Linux and the BSDs,
+ // at least), ignore this check, as root can always write to files.
do_write_test = (getuid() != 0);
#endif
if (do_write_test &&