On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 11:56:29AM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
> Harald van Dijk wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Now that Herbert fixed the reported crash in test (in a far simpler
> > manner than I had suggested, which I like), I did some more testing, and
> > came across one case that does not currently wo
[adding the Austin Group]
On 09/03/2013 11:03 PM, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 01:20:00PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
>>
>>> "test ! -o !" is a three-argument test, where $2 (-o) is a binary
>>> primary, so it is the binary test of $1 and $3, and the end result is an
>>> exit status
On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 01:20:00PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
>
> > "test ! -o !" is a three-argument test, where $2 (-o) is a binary
> > primary, so it is the binary test of $1 and $3, and the end result is an
> > exit status of 0. Bash and ksh get it right, dash fails.
>
> Both zsh and posh do
On Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 08:38:16PM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
>
> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/test.html
> states that there are only two operators "!" and "()", and specifically
> mentions that -a and -o are binary primaries:
Well, a primary is usually something that ca
On 09/03/2013 07:56 PM, Herbert Xu wrote:
> Harald van Dijk wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Now that Herbert fixed the reported crash in test (in a far simpler
>> manner than I had suggested, which I like), I did some more testing, and
>> came across one case that does not currently work, and did not work in
Harald van Dijk wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Now that Herbert fixed the reported crash in test (in a far simpler
> manner than I had suggested, which I like), I did some more testing, and
> came across one case that does not currently work, and did not work in
> the past, but is perfectly valid:
>
> $ src/d
On 26/08/13 13:19, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> Harald van Dijk dixit:
>
>> $ src/dash -c 'test ! ! = !'
>> src/dash: 1: test: =: unexpected operator
>>
>> POSIX requires special behaviour for four-argument tests:
>
> Right but…
>
>> There are also some cases where test gives incorrect results when
Harald van Dijk dixit:
>$ src/dash -c 'test ! ! = !'
>src/dash: 1: test: =: unexpected operator
>
>POSIX requires special behaviour for four-argument tests:
Right but…
>There are also some cases where test gives incorrect results when
>combining ! with -o
… ‘-o’ is XSI, not POSIX. Do not expect
Hi,
Now that Herbert fixed the reported crash in test (in a far simpler
manner than I had suggested, which I like), I did some more testing, and
came across one case that does not currently work, and did not work in
the past, but is perfectly valid:
$ src/dash -c 'test ! ! = !'
src/dash: 1: test:
