Re: [PATCH] test: skip test with COLUMNS=1 under mksh

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 27, 2012, 16:21 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqaa1x9mdi.fsf@junio.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <1335518725-19728-1-git-send-email-zbyszek@in.waw.pl>

Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> writes:

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> mksh does not allow $COLUMNS to be set below 12. Quoting mksh(1)
> $COLUMNS is "always set, defaults to 80, unless the value as reported
> by stty(1) is non-zero and sane enough". This applies also to setting
> it directly for one command:
>
> $ COLUMNS=30 python -c 'import os; print os.environ["COLUMNS"]'
> 30
> $ COLUMNS=20 python -c 'import os; print os.environ["COLUMNS"]'
> 20
> $ COLUMNS=10 python -c 'import os; print os.environ["COLUMNS"]'
> 98

I wonder if this is an easier workaround, though.

	env COLUMNS=10 $cmd

In any case, I'd split this patch to three, as these tests belong to two independent topics.