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Re: [RFC/PATCH 3/4v2] test-lib: provide lazy TIME_COMMAND prereq

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Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 16, 2012, 18:28 UTC
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Hi Andreas.  I hope you don't mind my nitpickiness, but ...
On 10/16/2012 06:28 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
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> Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:
> 
>> Some test want to use the time command (not the shell builtin) and test
>> for its availability at /usr/bin/time.
> 
> An alternative way to suppress the builtin meaning is to quote it, like
> \time.
>

... to be 100% precise, this quoting trick works because 'time' is a shell keyword, rather than a builtin:

    $ type time
    time is a shell keyword
Regards,
  Stefano
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Message 13 of 17 in “t3302-notes-index-expensive.sh and t3419-rebase-patch-id.sh need time in /usr/bin”
  1. Joachim SchmitzOct 15, 2012
  2. 0/4 Allow different time commandsMichael J Gruber, Oct 16, 2012
  3. 1/4 t3419-rebase-patch-id: heed USR_BIN_TIME prereqMichael J Gruber, Oct 16, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 16, 2012
  5. 2/4 test-lib: allow variable export from lazy prereq testsMichael J Gruber, Oct 16, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 16, 2012
  7. 3/4 test-lib: provide lazy TIME_COMMAND prereqMichael J Gruber, Oct 16, 2012
  8. Joachim SchmitzOct 16, 2012
  9. Michael J GruberOct 16, 2012
  10. Joachim SchmitzOct 16, 2012
  11. test-lib: provide lazy TIME_COMMAND prereqMichael J Gruber, Oct 16, 2012
  12. Andreas SchwabOct 16, 2012
  13. Stefano LattariniOct 16, 2012
  14. Johannes SixtOct 16, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoOct 16, 2012
  16. Junio C HamanoOct 16, 2012
  17. 4/4 t3302,t3419: use the TIME_COMMAND prereqMichael J Gruber, Oct 16, 2012

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