From: Richard Hansen <rhansen@bbn.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 05:34:16 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] test-hg.sh: avoid obsolete 'test' syntax
Message-ID: <5281BDD8.6040501@bbn.com>
In-Reply-To: <5280c31919c9_6841541e7851@nysa.notmuch>

On 2013-11-11 06:44, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> Richard Hansen wrote:
>> The POSIX spec says that the '-a', '-o', and parentheses operands to
>> the 'test' utility are obsolete extensions due to the potential for
>> ambiguity.  Replace '-o' with '|| test' to avoid unspecified behavior.
> 
> All right, if you say so.

In case you're curious about what the spec says:

http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/test.html#tag_20_128_16

-Richard