On 04/03/16 08:55, Eric Blake wrote:
POSIX recommends avoiding -a and -o, for good reason.
src/test.c (usage): Mention that inherent ambiguities exist with
binary -a and -o.
Problem reported by Martin Gebert in: http://bugs.gnu.org/22909
---
  src/test.c | 5 +++++
  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/test.c b/src/test.c
index 36817d2..bf31cf9 100644
--- a/src/test.c
+++ b/src/test.c
@@ -790,6 +790,11 @@ INTEGER may also be -l STRING, which evaluates to the 
length of STRING.\n\
  "), stdout);
        fputs (_("\
  \n\
+NOTE: Use of binary -a and -o create inherently ambiguous situations.  Use\n\
+'test EXPR1 && test EXPR2' or 'test EXPR1 || test EXPR2' instead.\n\
+"), stdout);
+      fputs (_("\
+\n\
  NOTE: [ honors the --help and --version options, but test does not.\n\
  test treats each of those as it treats any other nonempty STRING.\n\
  "), stdout);


+1

thanks



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