RE: [PATCH v3 2/4] config.mak.uname: support for modern HPE NonStop config.

> On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 5:39 PM <randall.s.becker@rogers.com> wrote:
> > A number of configuration options are not automatically detected by
> > configure mechanisms, including the location of Perl and Python.
> >
> > There was a problem at a specific set of operating system versions
> > that caused getopt to have compile errors. Account for this by
> > providing emulation defines for those versions.
> 
> This version of the patch looks much better and addresses my comments on
> previous attempts. One note below...
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Randall S. Becker <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
> > ---
> > diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname @@ -441,26 +441,45
> @@
> > ifeq ($(uname_S),NONSTOP_KERNEL)
> > +       # The current /usr/coreutils/rm at lowest support level does not work
> > +       # with the git test structure. Long paths cause nftw as in
> > +       # 'trash directory...' cause rm to terminate prematurely without fully
> > +       # removing the directory at OS releases J06.21 and L17.02.
> > +       # Default to the older rm until those two releases are deprecated.
> > +       RM = /bin/rm -f
> 
> Thanks, this comment does a much better job of explaining the actual
> problem and selling the solution.
> 
> There is a slight grammatical problem:
> 
>     Long paths _cause_ ... _cause_ rm to terminate...
> 
> which might deserve fixing.