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Re: tests: work around dash quoting issue in case statements.
From: |
Ralf Wildenhues |
Subject: |
Re: tests: work around dash quoting issue in case statements. |
Date: |
Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:47:07 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.20 (2010-08-04) |
Hi Eric,
* Eric Blake wrote on Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 05:11:46PM CET:
> On 11/14/2010 10:24 AM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > tests: work around dash quoting issue in case statements.
> >
> > * tests/color.test, tests/color2.test: Quote variable in case
> > pattern, to avoid skipping tests with dash 0.5.5.1.
> > --- a/tests/color.test
> > +++ b/tests/color.test
> > @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ std='[m'
> > # BSD 'grep' works from a pipe, but not a seekable file.
> > # GNU or BSD 'grep -a' works on files, but is not portable.
> > case `echo "$std" | grep .` in
> > - $std) ;;
> > + "$std") ;;
>
> I don't see this documented in the autoconf manual; would you care to
> extend the existing documentation on case to mention this limitation?
Well, I owe you a number of Autoconf patches already, but yes, when I
get around to analyzing the issue enough, I intend to write a bug report
to upstream and a patch for autoconf.texi.
Cheers,
Ralf