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

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Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date
Oct 16, 2012, 19:21 UTC
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Am 16.10.2012 17:07, schrieb Michael J Gruber:
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> Some test want to use the time command (not the shell builtin) and test
> for its availability at /usr/bin/time.
> 
> Provide a lazy prereq TIME_COMMAND which tests for $TEST_COMMAND_PATH,
> which can be set from config.mak. It defaults to /usr/bin/time.
This avoids the builtin:
	command time $that_command

It works for bash, ksh, zsh, and dash (where the latter doesn't have it as builtin).

-- Hannes
Previous: Stefano LattariniNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 14 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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