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Re: CHECK_PORTABILITY_SKIP and ~ files
On Jan 14, 11:37am, Greg Troxel wrote:
}
} I am checking an rc of a package, and found a new bashism had crept in,
} from check-portability.awk finding "test ==". To make progress on
} testing, I edited configure after unpacking, and that left configure.~1~
} with "test ==", which then failed.
}
} ERROR: [check-portability.awk] configure.~1~: if test
} "x$with_interrupt_tests" == "xno"; then
}
} I don't know if the right answer* is:
}
} I should have made a proper patch and check-portability knows to skip
} .orig files.
I would say this is the correct answer as it is likely that
you would have had to create a patch eventually anyways. If you
skip the step of making a proper patch and just edit the file, it
would be awfully easy to forget to go back and create a proper
patch before committing the package.
} we should omit ~ files from check-portability tests
}
} but this surprised me so I thought I'd mention it.
}
} * Obviously the right answer is that everybody else should use test
} correctly every single time, but that's unlikely.
}
}-- End of excerpt from Greg Troxel
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