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[FYI] {maint} maintcheck: fix spurious failure in 'color2.test'


From: Stefano Lattarini
Subject: [FYI] {maint} maintcheck: fix spurious failure in 'color2.test'
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:25:08 +0100

* tests/color2.test: Avoid creative quoting to avoid a spurious
failure of the `sc_tests_Exit_not_exit' maintainer check.
---
 ChangeLog         |    6 ++++++
 tests/color2.test |    3 ++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8934813..3cccebc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 2011-11-12  Stefano Lattarini  <address@hidden>
 
+       maintcheck: fix spurious failure in 'color2.test'
+       * tests/color2.test: Avoid creative quoting to avoid a spurious
+       failure of the `sc_tests_Exit_not_exit' maintainer check.
+
+2011-11-12  Stefano Lattarini  <address@hidden>
+
        tests: fix spurious error in 'uninstall-fail.test' on Solaris
        * tests/uninstall-fail.test: Solaris 10 /usr/xpg4/bin/sh can add
        a line number before the `:' in the error messages issued by shell
diff --git a/tests/color2.test b/tests/color2.test
index 2217d88..bc97313 100755
--- a/tests/color2.test
+++ b/tests/color2.test
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ case `echo "$std" | grep .` in
 esac
 
 # This test requires a working a working `expect' program.
-(set +e; expect -c "exit 77"; test $? -eq 77) \
+# Creative quoting required to avoid spurious maintainer-check failure.
+(set +e; expect -c 'exit ''77'; test $? -eq 77) \
   || skip_ "requires a working expect program"
 
 # Also, if the $MAKE program fails to consider the standard output as a
-- 
1.7.2.3




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