Yep, I saw your changes to the sanity.sh.  I was trying to fathom
them out( not being a shell programmer ;( ).

Thanks!

donald
On Wed, May 03, 2000 at 11:35:49AM -0400, Larry Jones wrote:
> Donald Sharp writes:
> > 
> > I would be happy to fix sanity.sh, except that sanity.sh script
> > is on crack.  Where do I even begin?
> 
> By taking a deep breath, relaxing, and ignoring all of the complicated
> set-up code at the beginning of sanity.sh.  Once you get to the actual
> tests (look for "The big loop"), things are pretty obvious:  For each
> test, there's usually a cvs command and one or two "patterns" (they're
> mostly literal text, but they may contain regular expressions) that the
> output is supposed to match.
> 
> Note that I've already made the changes for the history change, so this
> is just guidance for the future.
> 
> -Larry Jones
> 
> I don't like these stories with morals. -- Calvin

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