# cogito-0.16: t/test-lib.sh: Unportable test(1) construct

2 messages from 2006-10-16 to 2006-10-16. Participants: Thomas Klausner, Petr Baudis.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/5937

## Thomas Klausner, 2006-10-16 01:05

Subject: cogito-0.16: t/test-lib.sh: Unportable test(1) construct
Message-ID: <20061016010520.GS25390@danbala.tuwien.ac.at>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20061016010520.GS25390%40danbala.tuwien.ac.at

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Hi!

As of version 0.16, cogito is using an unportable bash extension
"==" for test(1) in t/test-lib.sh. This is not supported by most
other shells or even test(1) from GNU coreutils. Please use "="
instead. A patch is attached.

Thanks,
 Thomas


$NetBSD: patch-aa,v 1.1 2006/10/16 00:44:15 wiz Exp $

--- t/test-lib.sh.orig	2005-11-27 16:26:16.000000000 +0000
+++ t/test-lib.sh
@@ -87,16 +87,16 @@ test_failure_ () {
 	say "FAIL $test_count: $1"
 	shift
 	echo "$@" | sed -e 's/^/	/'
-	test "$immediate" == "" || exit 1
+	test "$immediate" = "" || exit 1
 }
 
 
 test_debug () {
-	test "$debug" == "" || eval "$1"
+	test "$debug" = "" || eval "$1"
 }
 
 test_expect_failure () {
-	test "$#" == 2 ||
+	test "$#" = 2 ||
 	error "bug in the test script: not 2 parameters to test-expect-failure"
 	say >&3 "expecting failure: $2"
 	if eval >&3 2>&4 "$2"
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ test_expect_failure () {
 }
 
 test_expect_success () {
-	test "$#" == 2 ||
+	test "$#" = 2 ||
 	error "bug in the test script: not 2 parameters to test-expect-success"
 	say >&3 "expecting success: $2"
 	if eval >&3 2>&4 "$2"

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## Petr Baudis, 2006-10-16 01:47

Subject: Re: cogito-0.16: t/test-lib.sh: Unportable test(1) construct
Message-ID: <20061016014757.GY20017@pasky.or.cz>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20061016014757.GY20017%40pasky.or.cz
In-Reply-To: <20061016010520.GS25390@danbala.tuwien.ac.at>

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  Hi,

Dear diary, on Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 03:05:20AM CEST, I got a letter
where Thomas Klausner <tk@giga.or.at> said that...
> As of version 0.16, cogito is using an unportable bash extension
> "==" for test(1) in t/test-lib.sh. This is not supported by most
> other shells or even test(1) from GNU coreutils. Please use "="
> instead. A patch is attached.

  thanks, applied. Please generate -p1 patches in the future and sign
them off.

-- 
				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
Stuff: http://pasky.or.cz/
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