http://bugs.gentoo.org/475134

From 6e93aa28e1e116619a82e1b78ffbc15ce1133d51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Marineau <mike@marineau.org>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 19:26:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Skip a permissions check when running as root.

---
 tests/gflags_unittest.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/gflags_unittest.py b/tests/gflags_unittest.py
index 091ebd9..ddd3b5c 100755
--- a/tests/gflags_unittest.py
+++ b/tests/gflags_unittest.py
@@ -1111,6 +1111,9 @@ class LoadFromFlagFileTest(googletest.TestCase):
 
   def testMethod_flagfiles_NoPermissions(self):
     """Test that --flagfile raises except on file that is unreadable."""
+    # This test doesn't work as root
+    if os.getuid() == 0:
+        return
     tmp_files = self._SetupTestFiles()
     # specify our temp file on the fake cmd line
     fake_cmd_line = ('fooScript --SomeFlag some_arg --flagfile=%s'
-- 
1.8.1.5