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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Cc: Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, erick.mattos@gmail.com,
	jaredhance@gmail.com, drafnel@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] t/: work around one-shot variable assignment with test_must_fail
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:01:01 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100721000101.GB4282@burratino> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTilzC8iMikfBieS_pcChP7_F4hA6bT1ydWHD4etP@mail.gmail.com>

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:

> You must use "export PAGER;", not "export PAGER &&". export doesn't
> return zero on all systems when exporting, see previous changes in
> this regard in t/.

Nope.  Sorry I missed this before.

diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
index b906ceb..f81998b 100644
--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
@@ -259,11 +259,11 @@ Do:
 	test ...
 
    That way all of the commands in your tests will succeed or fail. If
-   you must ignore the return value of something (e.g. the return
-   value of export is unportable) it's best to indicate so explicitly
-   with a semicolon:
+   you must ignore the return value of something (e.g., the return
+   after unsetting a variable that was already unset is unportable) it's
+   best to indicate so explicitly with a semicolon:
 
-	export HLAGH;
+	unset HLAGH;
 	git merge hla &&
 	git push gh &&
 	test ...
-- 

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-07-21  0:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-07-20 15:24 [PATCH] t/t3700: convert two uses of negation operator '!' to use test_must_fail Brandon Casey
2010-07-20 15:55 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-20 16:32   ` Brandon Casey
2010-07-20 16:38     ` Jared Hance
2010-07-20 17:17       ` [PATCH] t/README: clarify test_must_fail description Brandon Casey
2010-07-20 18:00         ` Junio C Hamano
2010-07-20 18:06           ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-20 18:14             ` Jared Hance
2010-07-20 19:09               ` [PATCH] Convert "! git" to "test_must_fail" git Jared Hance
2010-07-20 19:42                 ` Brandon Casey
2010-07-20 19:48                   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-07-20 19:59                     ` Brandon Casey
2010-07-20 23:18                   ` [PATCH v2] Convert "! git" to "test_must_fail git" Jared Hance
2010-07-20 18:34             ` [PATCH] t/README: clarify test_must_fail description Junio C Hamano
2010-07-20 18:43               ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-20 19:16                 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-07-20 20:49                   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-20 21:12                     ` Brandon Casey
2010-07-20 21:25                       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-20 21:55                       ` [PATCH] t/: work around one-shot variable assignment with test_must_fail Brandon Casey
2010-07-20 23:19                         ` Erick Mattos
     [not found]                           ` <20100721000823.GD4282@burratino>
     [not found]                             ` <AANLkTinlXsbp0NdhmqvlrmBBqGuGOIkh6PzGYFnk05qv@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]                               ` <20100721141140.GA12123@burratino>
     [not found]                                 ` <AANLkTinhyFD4RhLLxS-jj-oX5VWqGyy7AiXJ3VJlcU2W@mail.gmail.com>
2010-07-21 15:23                                   ` [PATCH] gitweb: clarify search results page when no matching commit found Jonathan Nieder
2010-07-21 17:51                                     ` Jakub Narebski
2010-07-21 19:50                                       ` [PATCH v2] " Jonathan Nieder
2010-07-21 15:32                           ` [PATCH] t/: work around one-shot variable assignment with test_must_fail Brandon Casey
2010-07-22  0:28                             ` Erick Mattos
2010-07-20 23:44                         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-20 23:45                           ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-21  0:01                           ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]
2010-07-21  0:09                             ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-21  0:14                               ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-07-21  0:34                                 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-21  1:05                                   ` git name-rev for fun and profit (Re: [PATCH] t/: work around one-shot variable assignment with test_must_fail) Jonathan Nieder
2010-07-21 11:32                                     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-21 19:29                         ` [PATCH] t/: work around one-shot variable assignment with test_must_fail Junio C Hamano
2010-07-22  0:32                           ` Erick Mattos
2010-07-22 18:21                           ` Brandon Casey
2010-07-20 18:19           ` [PATCH] t/README: clarify test_must_fail description Brandon Casey
2010-07-20 17:52       ` [PATCH] t/t3700: convert two uses of negation operator '!' to use test_must_fail Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-20 18:25     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason

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