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bug#16291: Use of /bin/rm
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
bug#16291: Use of /bin/rm |
Date: |
Mon, 30 Dec 2013 23:33:03 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.130007 (Ma Gnus v0.7) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) |
Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden> skribis:
> On 12/30/2013 09:55 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>>
>> [MEGA-SNIP]
>>
>> No; I’m asking because the tests specifically refer to /bin/rm.
>> What’s the reason?
>>
> Copying from my first reply:
>
> Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> > Would it be possible to change these tests to use ‘rm’
> > instead of /bin/rm? What do you think?
> >
> That would be a bad idea, because we would miss warning from systems
> where /bin/rm is deficient but the user has installed a better rm
> (maybe from GNU coreutils) earlier in PATH.
>
> To reiterate, we want to find out about deficiencies in the "base
> system" even if the user who is running the Automake testsuite has
> mitigated them by installing better tools earlier in his PATH.
OK, got it now. Thanks for taking the time.
Ludo’.