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Subject: Re: Should we imitate GNU test's insanity?
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On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 01:25:31PM -0800, Xin LI wrote:
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> On 02/09/11 12:46, Chris Rees wrote:
> > I've found so many cases of autoconf failing when porting Linux apps
> > over, for example scilab and musicpd due to the happiness of GNU test
> > to accept a == b rather than a = b.

> > Rather than making a bug report that'll be brushed off (as my bug
> > report for GNU find was), would it be unthinkable for me to make a
> > patch for our test to make == acceptable, to stop some wasted porters'
> > time?

> I don't think == is unacceptable extension to the POSIX standard based
> on my reading.  If there is no objection I'll commit the attached patch
> on Friday.

> Index: bin/test/test.c
> ===================================================================
> --- bin/test/test.c	(revision 218497)
> +++ bin/test/test.c	(working copy)
> @@ -140,6 +140,7 @@
>  	{"-L",	FILSYM,	UNOP},
>  	{"-S",	FILSOCK,UNOP},
>  	{"=",	STREQ,	BINOP},
> +	{"==",	STREQ,	BINOP},
>  	{"!=",	STRNE,	BINOP},
>  	{"<",	STRLT,	BINOP},
>  	{">",	STRGT,	BINOP},

Although I agree that this may be left undocumented, I think you should
add a test to tools/regression/bin/test/regress.sh, given that you care
enough to make this change.

That I do not object to this change does not mean that this fairly
useless (apart from compatibility) feature should be added to POSIX.

-- 
Jilles Tjoelker