Re: [PATCH] test-lib.sh: work around ksh's trap shortcomings

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> Brandon Casey wrote:
> > Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >> Your alias test_done that calls function test_done look ugly and confusing
> >> beyond words.  Perhaps test_done() can instead set a global variable and
> >> die() can notice it instead, like this?  I haven't bothered to change the
> >> other "trap - exit" but I think you got the idea...
> >
> > Yes that works and is much clearer. Tested on solaris and irix.
>
> I spoke too soon. Failing tests do not terminate the testing.
>
> ksh does not place the exit status of the shell in $? or provide it as an argument
> to the trap function. ...  it looks like the status of the command executed immediately before
> exit is what the trap has access to in $?. Adding a call to false before exit
> in the above script causes the korn scripts to exit with status 1 on IRIX and
> SunOS.