From: Boyd Lynn Gerber <gerberb@zenez.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:44:03 GMT
Subject: Re: git-1.6.2-rc2 problems on t4034-diff-words.sh
Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.0902271341440.19082@suse104.zenez.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vwsbbir1j.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Fri, 27 Feb 2009, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Boyd Lynn Gerber <gerberb@zenez.com> writes:
>> Does the test suite use bash as it's shell?  I seem to have to use
>> bash now to run the test.  I do not remember having to use bash on
>> earlier 1.6.0
>
> If your /bin/sh is not POSIX enough, you may be using a different shell
> when building the scripted commands in the main Makefile by setting
> SHELL_PATH.  The tests are supposed to use the same one as that.
>
>> I have to use bash to run the test or I get
>>
>> $ ./t4034-diff-words.sh
>> ./t4034-diff-words.sh: syntax error at line 52: `(' unexpected
>
> The open parenthesis on line 52 is the one between h and 4 here:
>
>    cat > expect <<\EOF
>    <WHITE>diff --git a/pre b/post<RESET>
>    <WHITE>index 330b04f..5ed8eff 100644<RESET>
>    <WHITE>--- a/pre<RESET>
>    <WHITE>+++ b/post<RESET>
>    <BROWN>@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@<RESET>
>    <RED>h(4)<RESET><GREEN>h(4),hh[44]<RESET>
>    <RESET>
>    a = b + c<RESET>
>
>    <GREEN>aa = a<RESET>
>
>    <GREEN>aeff = aeff * ( aaa )<RESET>
>    EOF
>
> Perhaps your shell has a broken here-text?

On OpenServer 6.0.6 /u95/bin/sh /u95/bin/ksh /u95/bin/bash are POSIX 
compliant shells.  The /bin/ shells are the stand SCO has had finx XENIX. 
They use system 5v3.  POSIX is System 5v4.

Thanks,

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