On Tue Jan 20, 2026 at 8:36 AM CET, Shaik Moin via lists.openembedded.org wrote: > The PCRE2 RunGrepTest script uses the Gnu Coreutils form: > head -1 > > Busybox does not support this shorthand option and reports: > head: invalid option --'1' > > which cause the grep tests fail when running ptest on yocto. > Replace head -1 with head -n 1 . This makes RunGrepTest work > correctly. > > Signed-off-by: Shaik Moin <[email protected]> > --- > .../0001-test-Fix-head-1-Busybox.patch | 38 +++++++++++++++++++ > .../recipes-support/libpcre/libpcre2_10.43.bb | 1 + > 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 > meta/recipes-support/libpcre/libpcre2/0001-test-Fix-head-1-Busybox.patch
Hello, Is this patch also needed on master? If yes, please send it there. Thanks! > > diff --git > a/meta/recipes-support/libpcre/libpcre2/0001-test-Fix-head-1-Busybox.patch > b/meta/recipes-support/libpcre/libpcre2/0001-test-Fix-head-1-Busybox.patch > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000000..abfc995cee > --- /dev/null > +++ b/meta/recipes-support/libpcre/libpcre2/0001-test-Fix-head-1-Busybox.patch > @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ > +From 1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > +From: Shaik Moin <[email protected]> > +Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0530 > +Subject: [PATCH] tests: Fix head options for BusyBox compatibility > + > +BusyBox does not accept the GNU coreutils shorthand forms: > + head -1 > + > +It requires: > + head -n 1 > + > +This causes RunGrepTest test data to fail on > +Yocto-based systems that use BusyBox. > + > +Replace all occurrences of `head -1` → `head -n 1` This commit message (and also in 1/2) looks to have an encoding problem. > + > +This aligns the scripts with POSIX syntax and fixes failing > +grep tests in RunGrepTest (including testtrygrep). > + > +Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [oe-specific] I disagree: To me, this patch looks appropriate for upstream. > +Signed-off-by: Shaik Moin <[email protected]> > +--- > + > +diff --git a/RunGrepTest b/RunGrepTest > +index 1c7bbd2..ab4f310 100755 > +--- a/RunGrepTest > ++++ b/RunGrepTest > +@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ echo "---------------------------- Test > + echo "RC=$?" >>testtrygrep > + > + echo "---------------------------- Test 132 -----------------------------" > >>testtrygrep > +-(cd $srcdir; exec 3<testdata/grepinput; $valgrind $vjs $pcre2grep -m1 -A3 > '^match' <&3; echo '---'; head -1 <&3; exec 3<&-) >>testtrygrep 2>&1 > ++(cd $srcdir; exec 3<testdata/grepinput; $valgrind $vjs $pcre2grep -m1 -A3 > '^match' <&3; echo '---'; head -n 1 <&3; exec 3<&-) >>testtrygrep 2>&1 > + echo "RC=$?" >>testtrygrep > + > + echo "---------------------------- Test 133 -----------------------------" > >>testtrygrep > +-- > +2.34.1 > diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/libpcre/libpcre2_10.43.bb > b/meta/recipes-support/libpcre/libpcre2_10.43.bb > index 57c4f0d0e7..f250f35584 100644 > --- a/meta/recipes-support/libpcre/libpcre2_10.43.bb > +++ b/meta/recipes-support/libpcre/libpcre2_10.43.bb > @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = > "file://LICENCE;md5=321a5eb46acae6b6c1ff2c7a866d836a" > > SRC_URI = "${GITHUB_BASE_URI}/download/pcre2-${PV}/pcre2-${PV}.tar.bz2 \ > file://run-ptest \ > + file://0001-test-Fix-head-1-Busybox.patch \ > " > > GITHUB_BASE_URI = "https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases"; -- Yoann Congal Smile ECS
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