Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 20:46:11 +0000 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: freebsd-standards@freebsd.org Subject: Should we imitate GNU test's insanity? Message-ID: <AANLkTi=mNb=u0UA1zHYTdiVxdJc=3-VPtWxvc7tu4R4H@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi all, I've found so many cases of autoconf failing when porting Linux apps over, for example scilab and musicpd due to the happiness of GNU test to accept a == b rather than a = b. Rather than making a bug report that'll be brushed off (as my bug report for GNU find was), would it be unthinkable for me to make a patch for our test to make == acceptable, to stop some wasted porters' time? Obviously our behaviour is correct [1], I just wonder if we're cutting off our noses so as to speak. Chris [1] http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/test.html
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