From: Frans Klaver <fransklaver@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:08:17 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] t0061: Fix incorrect indentation
Message-ID: <op.v8mor3m40aolir@keputer>
In-Reply-To: <7vd3a8466u.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:00:57 +0100, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>  
wrote:

> "Frans Klaver" <fransklaver@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:40:00 +0100, Jonathan Nieder
>> <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Frans Klaver wrote:
>>>
>>>> +++ b/t/t0061-run-command.sh
>>>> @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ test_description='Test run command'
>>>> . ./test-lib.sh
>>>>
>>>> cat >hello-script <<-EOF
>>>> -	#!$SHELL_PATH
>>>> -	cat hello-script
>>>> +#!$SHELL_PATH
>>>> +cat hello-script
>>>>  EOF
>>>
>>> Looks like a no-op --- the script already started with #! and no
>>> leading tab for me.  Does it behave differently on your machine?
>>
>> Hurr? I'm fairly sure the script ended up being indented for me. I'll
>> recheck.
>
> It could be that your shell is broken and does not understand the
> distinction between the "<<-EOF" vs "<<EOF". What system are you on?

Gentoo Linux, using bash. Would be hard to believe bash on plain old linux  
mucks this up, wouldn't it?


> If
> the problem is real and widespread, we might want to mention it in  
> INSTALL
> or Makefile, just like we label Solaris /bin/sh as unusable and advise
> people to use /usr/xpg[46]/bin variant.

I'll check and notify.