Re: [PATCH] test: skip test with COLUMNS=1 under mksh

> Hi Junio, Zbigniew.
> 
> On 04/27/2012 06:21 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> writes:
>>
>>> mksh does not allow $COLUMNS to be set below 12. Quoting mksh(1)
>>> $COLUMNS is "always set, defaults to 80, unless the value as reported
>>> by stty(1) is non-zero and sane enough". This applies also to setting
>>> it directly for one command:
>>>
>>> $ COLUMNS=30 python -c 'import os; print os.environ["COLUMNS"]'
>>> 30
>>> $ COLUMNS=20 python -c 'import os; print os.environ["COLUMNS"]'
>>> 20
>>> $ COLUMNS=10 python -c 'import os; print os.environ["COLUMNS"]'
>>> 98
>>
>> I wonder if this is an easier workaround, though.
>>
>> 	env COLUMNS=10 $cmd
>>
> It works for me:
> 
>   $ mksh -c 'COLUMNS=10 env | grep COLUMNS'
>   COLUMNS=113
> 
>   $ mksh -c 'env COLUMNS=10 env | grep COLUMNS'
>   COLUMNS=10
> 
>   $ dpkg -l mksh
>   ...
>   ii  mksh  40.2-2  MirBSD Korn Shell
> 
> HTH,
>   Stefano
>