#3778: "test -e" in testsuite doesn't work with Solaris /bin/sh
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Reporter: duncan | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.12 branch
Component: Test Suite | Version: 6.12.1
Keywords: | Difficulty: Easy (less than 1 hour)
Os: Solaris | Testcase:
Architecture: sparc | Failure: Other
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The `testsuite/mk/boilerplate.mk` contains stuff like:
{{{
$(eval $(call canonicaliseExecutable,TEST_HC))
ifeq "$(shell test -e '$(TEST_HC)' && echo exists)" ""
$(error Cannot find ghc: $(TEST_HC))
endif
}}}
On Solaris, the `/bin/sh` test builtin does not support the `-e` flag. It
does support both `-f` and `-x`, meaning regular and executable file
respectively. I think we probably mean `-x` in this case anyway. With that
fix the testsuite seems to run ok.
Looks like we already use `test -x` elsewhere in
`testsuite/mk/boilerplate.mk` so we can assume that it does work with the
shell of other platforms.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/3778>
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