Bruno Haible wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> > FAIL: misc/help-version >> >> This one is because its shell fails when i=[: >> >> # Ensure that each program "works" (exits successfully) when doing >> # something more than --help or --version. >> for i in $built_programs; do >> ... >> if env $i $args < $tmp_in > $tmp_out; then <<<========== >> >> I'll bet if you use a better shell that test will not fail. > > It's not the shell. The program '[' was not created in the src/ directory. > Already reported here: > <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2011-09/msg00055.html>
Oh, right. It was their "make" program that neglected to build "[". So the test that attempts to run the missing program fails.