Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:27:28 +0200 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-standards@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Should we imitate GNU test's insanity? Message-ID: <20110210082725.GA2858@straylight.ringlet.net> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=mNb=u0UA1zHYTdiVxdJc=3-VPtWxvc7tu4R4H@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 08:46:11PM +0000, Chris Rees wrote: > 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 Funny that this should come up right now - just a couple of days ago, a discussion started on the Austin Group list about extending test(1) with some widely-used operators. I wonder if we shouldn't wait a bit to see how that discussion turns out :) https://www.opengroup.org/sophocles/show_mail.tpl?source=L&listname=austin-group-l&id=15271 For the follow-up discussion, see: https://www.opengroup.org/sophocles/show_archive.tpl?listname=austin-group-l (and of course, if anybody knows of another web-based archive for the Austin Group list that provides an easier way to see the follow-ups, please share a link :) G'luck, Peter -- Peter Pentchev roam@ringlet.net roam@FreeBSD.org peter@packetscale.com PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 Hey, out there - is it *you* reading me, or is it someone else? [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJNU6FmAAoJEGUe77AlJ98T3Y8P/iGMxhIMY1V77kouQIDIdeiL TK2VsgnsneAFQigzFQ+iA7KIrzB32Y8UoL1j+64WM4AZTlF49SQLKc7IEVXG02Qm LOWifdvwAG5OP5XTrANzAeV1dPNvnY13U4Q/83lfuIMot7zn2FtR0exGSAbW5HxA hrVPskNw2XwFLmh0PbwQrZGSNwd8dQxILYoVOvIj7Efy5kzGZkGe/lqWluTjqPY1 bWClsnU3it65VUgX3Wa8TahxaruhE2ggdwdt3qmY6qWgaHz6Wi70hdhCu597SKAi nKw8FlJnbN+iYvNXrtMdknhYctJz2PMU2yFrZrlMfKnUD6Lzpheq62X2lIsFkzlD YGdhCDlhnTlJYpySJnsn3GQRIfQpoLfqdKLBlZJNB4elXK4UieuDKQi9Y29W2vLt JQHI1QryR1Yq0eYS0G9khTZAF5QjzM+A1UIrZOrG2h4aAI1MgEloRK94khMlTDrY fraK1YO3bzk/jQ4vbb+7zDhT0Qz7K4LdPxeQ/cZ1OoLSqjFemcRWIKVmrohPuZpa zWm/NUQxXGfRvZjhl5AypNwA/i5DIjwxDiL+Oy21HTJP0wLMuTYxhIOPxdEi7wMf oqlJ5hSSYXHlbnFRZSqIWuMeePhC3wFH1wpE99pxVhvhB9p1Iob3rzq6gYrvS8Xj 4ve35ZPUYTkPBqAhVEBB =CQ4X -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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