Re: shell compatibility issues with SunOS 5.10

From: Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>
Date: May 7, 2009, 00:22 UTC
Message-ID: <vmGwFm-7sqyeL1D7WrJ-qBXW02LwMMHQ7rLy7XbfdUutAtORXrswbw@cipher.nrlssc.navy.mil>
In-Reply-To: <fcaeb9bf0905061615v2c1b1b4fmc6ade674aabf9586@mail.gmail.com>

Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy wrote:

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> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 4:14 AM, Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil> wrote:
>> Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I did "make test" on a SunOS 5.10 and it failed.
>>> diff --git a/t/t4200-rerere.sh b/t/t4200-rerere.sh
>>> index b68ab11..61ccdee 100755
>>> --- a/t/t4200-rerere.sh
>>> +++ b/t/t4200-rerere.sh
>>> @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ test_expect_success 'conflicting merge' '
>>>       test_must_fail git merge first
>>>  '
>>>
>>> -sha1=$(sed -e 's/    .*//' .git/MERGE_RR)
>>> +sha1=$(cut -f 1 .git/MERGE_RR)
>> Are you using /bin/sed?  I think it has a problem with tabs.
> 
> Yes I use /bin/sed. if /usr/xpg4/bin/sed is recommended, test-lib.sh
> should set up PATH automatically, I think.

/usr/xpg*/bin is where Sun puts the POSIX compliant versions of standard system utilities.

The binaries in /bin/ retain their historical Solaris behavior.

Check out the XPG4 man page on a sun.

Not sure about the best route to take here. /usr/xpg4/bin should probably be in the user's PATH when git is executed too.

-brandon