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cogito-0.16: t/test-lib.sh: Unportable test(1) construct

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TKThomas Klausner <tk@giga.or.at>
Date
Oct 16, 2006, 01:05 UTC
Message-ID
<20061016010520.GS25390@danbala.tuwien.ac.at>
Hi!

As of version 0.16, cogito is using an unportable bash extension "==" for test(1) in t/test-lib.sh. This is not supported by most other shells or even test(1) from GNU coreutils. Please use "=" instead. A patch is attached.

Thanks,
 Thomas
$NetBSD: patch-aa,v 1.1 2006/10/16 00:44:15 wiz Exp $

--- t/test-lib.sh.orig 2005-11-27 16:26:16.000000000 +0000 +++ t/test-lib.sh

@@ -87,16 +87,16 @@ test_failure_ () {
 	say "FAIL $test_count: $1"
 	shift
 	echo "$@" | sed -e 's/^/	/'
-	test "$immediate" == "" || exit 1
+	test "$immediate" = "" || exit 1
 }
 
 
 test_debug () {
-	test "$debug" == "" || eval "$1"
+	test "$debug" = "" || eval "$1"
 }
 
 test_expect_failure () {
-	test "$#" == 2 ||
+	test "$#" = 2 ||
 	error "bug in the test script: not 2 parameters to test-expect-failure"
 	say >&3 "expecting failure: $2"
 	if eval >&3 2>&4 "$2"
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ test_expect_failure () {
 }
 
 test_expect_success () {
-	test "$#" == 2 ||
+	test "$#" = 2 ||
 	error "bug in the test script: not 2 parameters to test-expect-success"
 	say >&3 "expecting success: $2"
 	if eval >&3 2>&4 "$2"
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  1. Thomas KlausnerOct 16, 2006
  2. Petr BaudisOct 16, 2006

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