While running 'make check' on the 1.4 branch for Solaris, the *-unst
tests were failing. Does anyone know if 'test -L' is portable? Solaris
/bin/sh doesn't like it:
$ uname -a
SunOS gax 5.8 Generic_108528-02 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-2
$ /bin/sh
$ /usr/bin/test -L /tmp/foo
$ test -L /tmp/foo
test: argument expected
Because of this, the following code snippet in ltmain.in will always
fail (and thus 'make uninstall' will always fail on Solaris):
# Don't error if the file doesn't exist and rm -f was used.
if test -L "$file" >/dev/null 2>&1 || test -f "$file"; then
:
elif test -d "$file"; then
exit_status=1
continue
elif test "$rmforce" = yes; then
continue
fi
Note that Solaris /bin/sh has 'test -h' as an equivalent to test if a
file is a symbolic link (what 'test -L' does). Solaris /usr/bin/test
accepts -L correctly. So, /bin/sh internal test is different from
/usr/bin/test.
--
albert chin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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