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changeset 13859:5977784139a5
init.sh: ensure that IFS is defined, just in case...
* tests/init.sh (setup_): Ensure that IFS is defined,
so that saving and restoring it works as expected. This
appears to be useful at least for an old version of dash
from a long time ago (RH 6). See here for details:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.general/436/focus=455
author | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> |
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date | Sat, 13 Nov 2010 10:51:06 +0100 |
parents | 7e07f3f002ba |
children | 122eb2656442 |
files | ChangeLog tests/init.sh |
diffstat | 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,12 @@ 2010-11-13 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + init.sh: ensure that IFS is defined, just in case... + * tests/init.sh (setup_): Ensure that IFS is defined, + so that saving and restoring it works as expected. This + appears to be useful at least for an old version of dash + from a long time ago (RH 6). See here for details: + http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.general/436/focus=455 + maint.mk: tighten "test a == b" check * top/maint.mk (sc_prohibit_test_double_equal): Restrict this test to files that contain something like #!/bin/sh.
--- a/tests/init.sh +++ b/tests/init.sh @@ -330,6 +330,12 @@ || fail_ "failed to create temporary directory in $initial_cwd_" cd "$test_dir_" + # As autoconf-generated configure scripts do, ensure that IFS + # is defined initially, so that saving and restoring $IFS works. + gl_init_sh_nl_=' +' + IFS=" "" $gl_init_sh_nl_" + # This trap statement, along with a trap on 0 below, ensure that the # temporary directory, $test_dir_, is removed upon exit as well as # upon receipt of any of the listed signals.