Package: dash
Followup-For: Bug #558989
> Just want to point out: though dash's builtin test differs from bash's, dash
doesn't invent entirely new behaviour. Dash does the same as the BSD test
program.
> $ /bin/test "/bin/ls" -nt "no-such-file" || echo "oh ffs :("
> oh ffs :(
> (The above command runs on a BSD test program on a BSD OS.)
> Given the fact that dash stands for debian ash and ash is designed for netbsd
originally, I guess this behaviour comes from the original netbsd ash.
> Since GNU and BSD test -nt gives conflicting results, I think it may be a
> good
idea to remove this Non POSIX feature.> Just want to point out: though dash's
builtin test differs from bash's, dash doesn't invent entirely new behaviour.
Dash
does the same as the BSD test program.
> $ /bin/test "/bin/ls" -nt "no-such-file" || echo "oh ffs :("
> oh ffs :(
> (The above command runs on a BSD test program on a BSD OS.)
> Given the fact that dash stands for debian ash and ash is designed for netbsd
originally, I guess this behaviour comes from the original netbsd ash.
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