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From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com>
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Subject: Should we imitate GNU test's insanity?
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Hi all,

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?

Obviously our behaviour is correct [1], I just wonder if we're cutting
off our noses so as to speak.

Chris

[1] http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/test.html