As for autoconf, this is what shows in the testsuite file:
if test ${ZSH_VERSION+y} && (emulate sh) >/dev/null 2>&1
then :
emulate sh
So it is really just zsh. I reran test -nt after starting emulate sh and the
result is the same:
echo $? returns 0
stat -f %Fm configure configure.1
1735604012.974301525
1735604012.850264895
— Sean
> On Dec 31, 2024, at 5:56 AM, Sean Denney <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The default shell is zsh.
>
> Here are the timestamps to the nanosecond for the two files:
>
> % stat -f %Fm configure configure.1
> 1735604012.974301525
> 1735604012.850264895
>
> — Sean
>
>> On Dec 31, 2024, at 5:43 AM, Paul Eggert <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On 12/31/24 03:38, Paul Eggert wrote:
>>> Also the echo output was zero (0)
>>
>> Oh, but the log in your first message said "test configure -nt configure.1"
>> had exit status 1.
>>
>> Possibly you're using a different shell than Autoconf uses to run its test
>> script, and your shell supports test -nt whereas the shell Autoconf uses
>> does not.
>>
>> What shell are you using?
>>
>> What shell is Autoconf using? Look at the first line of tests/testsuite. If
>> you start up that shell, and run the same 'test -nt' command, what is its
>> exit status?
>
