Re: [PATCH 0/3] solaris test results

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 04:34:25PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> >   - Sun's diff doesn't understand "-u". I was able to use GNU diff.
> >     Since comparing actual and expected output is so common, we could
> >     potentially abstract this with a "test_cmp()" function and use
> >     something platform specific. It's probably not worth the trouble, as
> >     it impacts only the test suite, and only on systems with a totally
> >     broken diff.
> 
> It is unfair to call diff without -u "totally broken".  It is
> not even in POSIX yet IIRC.

Fair enough (and you are right that it is not even POSIX). Is it
something we want to work around? We "diff -u" quite a bit in the test
suite.

> >   - t7505 uses a hook which hard-codes /bin/sh but uses syntax that
> >     the Solaris /bin/sh doesn't like. Maybe hooks should get their
> >     $SHELL value replaced?
> 
> You've already did that in your [PATCH 2/3], haven't you?  So
> why not?

Because I didn't look very closely, and I assumed it was one of the
regular hooks. But yes, it is defined in the script and could get the
same treatment.

-Peff