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changeset 15664:5e2fa37219ff
tests: use printf, not echo in init.sh's warn_ function
* tests/init.sh (warn_): Use printf, not echo. The latter would
misbehave when given strings containing a backslash or starting
with e.g., -n. James Youngman suggested setting IFS.
author | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> |
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date | Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:27:53 +0200 |
parents | 2234b0721604 |
children | a68864d4e669 |
files | ChangeLog tests/init.sh |
diffstat | 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2011-09-19 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + + tests: use printf, not echo in init.sh's warn_ function + * tests/init.sh (warn_): Use printf, not echo. The latter would + misbehave when given strings containing a backslash or starting + with e.g., -n. James Youngman suggested setting IFS. + 2011-09-19 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> futimens: enhance test
--- a/tests/init.sh +++ b/tests/init.sh @@ -74,7 +74,20 @@ # the reason for skip/failure to console, rather than to the .log files. : ${stderr_fileno_=2} -warn_ () { echo "$@" 1>&$stderr_fileno_; } +# Note that correct expansion of "$*" depends on IFS starting with ' '. +# Always write the full diagnostic to stderr. +# When stderr_fileno_ is not 2, also emit the first line of the +# diagnostic to that file descriptor. +warn_ () +{ + # If IFS does not start with ' ', set it and emit the warning in a subshell. + case $IFS in + ' '*) printf '%s\n' "$*" >&2 + test $stderr_fileno_ = 2 \ + || { printf '%s\n' "$*" | sed 1q >&$stderr_fileno_ ; } ;; + *) (IFS=' '; warn_ "$@");; + esac +} fail_ () { warn_ "$ME_: failed test: $@"; Exit 1; } skip_ () { warn_ "$ME_: skipped test: $@"; Exit 77; } fatal_ () { warn_ "$ME_: hard error: $@"; Exit 99; }