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From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] test-hg.sh: avoid obsolete 'test' syntax
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 14:23:07 -0600
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Richard Hansen wrote:
> 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

Thanks, I didn't know the POSIX spec was available publicly.

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Felipe Contreras