On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, Vladimir Marek wrote:
> > I've messed this up. I *do* get the test statement to fail, but
> > it carries on anyway, because of the leading - sign. I've done this:
>
> Ah, I never said that the test fails, but looking at my previous message
> I have to admit that it sounds so.
No, you didn't say that, but when I looked back through the output I
couldn't find the failure among the skipped errors.
>
> [...]
>
> > I can't find a GNU autoconf macro to test for test, preferring a GNU
> > version. That would usually work. I found this:
>
> I do not think it's necessary. '-e' tests if file exits, but this option
You're right: that's a shell function. Sorry.
> is not supported by solaris /bin/sh (but it is supported by ksh and
> bash). I suggested using '-x' instead, which tests if file exists and is
> executable, and which is supported even by /bin/sh.
>
> > $ /bin/sh -c '[ -e /bin/ls ] && echo exists'
> > /bin/sh: test: argument expected
>
> > $ /bin/bash -c '[ -e /bin/ls ] && echo exists'
> > exists
>
> > $ /bin/ksh -c '[ -e /bin/ls ] && echo exists'
> > exists
>
> > OK, all the same as yours. What's happening here?
>
> From the solaris man page
> =============================== test(1) ================================
> ...
> -e file True if file exists. (Not avail-
> able in sh.)
> ...
> ========================================================================
Sorry, I understand now what is happening, but wrote that bit before
I realised that I'd failed to see the problem in my output. [Then I
had to go for lunch or they'd run out again, so left too hastily. I
wanted to let you know I'd replicated your problem anyway.]
>
> I just suggest changing '-x' for '-e'. But the tests are running fine
> even without this change.
I'm testing if the problem disappears if the whole operation is run
under /bin/ksh in the first place...
No. Starting from ./configure under /bin/ksh doesn't fix this.
That's not my login shell though. Indeed, $SHELL is still set
to /bin/tcsh. So I `export SHELL=/bin/ksh` and rebuild && test.
No, the src/Makefile doesn't get rewritten, so the bug is still there.
I think your fix is the only course of action, with the experience
I have.
By the way, which version of Solaris are you on? Just wondering how
long this will persist.
>
> Sorry for the confusion.
All the confusion was my fault, not seeing it, and failing to edit
out "What's happening here?"
>
> --
> Vlad
>
Thank you,
Hugh
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