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From: Richard Hansen <rhansen@bbn.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] test-hg.sh: avoid obsolete 'test' syntax
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 00:34:16 -0500
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On 2013-11-11 06:44, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> Richard Hansen wrote:
>> The POSIX spec says that the '-a', '-o', and parentheses operands to
>> the 'test' utility are obsolete extensions due to the potential for
>> ambiguity.  Replace '-o' with '|| test' to avoid unspecified behavior.
> 
> All right, if you say so.

In case you're curious about what the spec says:

http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/test.html#tag_20_128_16

-Richard