changeset 15559:045f9cdabfe3

tests: init.sh: work also with any non-GNU diff that supports -u * tests/init.sh: Relax check for diff -u support. Rather than checking for GNU diff via --version, simply check for support for -u itself. Useful at least on OpenBSD 4.9, AIX 7.1, IRIX 6.5 and Solaris 10.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:13:59 +0200
parents a52b485186f6
children 56405c4de542
files ChangeLog tests/init.sh
diffstat 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2011-09-02  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	tests: init.sh: work also with any non-GNU diff that supports -u
+	* tests/init.sh: Relax check for diff -u support.
+	Rather than checking for GNU diff via --version, simply check
+	for support for -u itself.  Useful at least on OpenBSD 4.9,
+	AIX 7.1, IRIX 6.5 and Solaris 10.
+
 2011-09-01  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
 	strtoimax, strtoumax: Document problem on HP-UX 11.
--- a/tests/init.sh
+++ b/tests/init.sh
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
 # a partition, or to undo any other global state changes.
 cleanup_ () { :; }
 
-if ( diff --version < /dev/null 2>&1 | grep GNU ) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+if ( diff -u "$0" "$0" < /dev/null ) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
   compare () { diff -u "$@"; }
 elif ( cmp --version < /dev/null 2>&1 | grep GNU ) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
   compare () { cmp -s "$@"; }