# HG changeset patch # User Bruno Haible # Date 1314980875 -7200 # Node ID 56405c4de542d0fc009b7e5fe49db544915e668b # Parent 045f9cdabfe3f60fc7b9d626b7d78680137cb205 tests: init.sh: Support any non-GNU diff. * tests/init.sh (compare): If "diff -c" is supported but "diff -u" is not, use "diff -c". Useful on AIX 6.1, HP-UX 11.31, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 8. diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,10 +1,17 @@ +2011-09-02 Bruno Haible + + tests: init.sh: Support any non-GNU diff. + * tests/init.sh (compare): If "diff -c" is supported but "diff -u" is + not, use "diff -c". Useful on AIX 6.1, HP-UX 11.31, OSF/1 5.1, + Solaris 8. + 2011-09-02 Bruno Haible 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. + AIX 7.1, IRIX 6.5, and Solaris 10. 2011-09-01 Bruno Haible diff --git a/tests/init.sh b/tests/init.sh --- a/tests/init.sh +++ b/tests/init.sh @@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ if ( diff -u "$0" "$0" < /dev/null ) > /dev/null 2>&1; then compare () { diff -u "$@"; } +elif ( diff -c "$0" "$0" < /dev/null ) > /dev/null 2>&1; then + compare () { diff -c "$@"; } elif ( cmp --version < /dev/null 2>&1 | grep GNU ) > /dev/null 2>&1; then compare () { cmp -s "$@"; } else