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G. Branden Robinson |
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[groff] 12/23: PROBLEMS: Document Solaris 10/11 testing issues. |
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Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:10:24 -0500 (EST) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
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commit 3e7d2b1b240604ed28db1ecfe9e69e36b350469f
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Feb 22 01:25:05 2023 -0600
PROBLEMS: Document Solaris 10/11 testing issues.
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1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/PROBLEMS b/PROBLEMS
index 6b520982c..3eef03993 100644
--- a/PROBLEMS
+++ b/PROBLEMS
@@ -827,15 +827,50 @@ failures are expected.
* Tests fail when I run "make check" on Solaris 10 or 11.
-The test suite expects a POSIX-conformant shell and utilities. Solaris
+The test suite expects a POSIX-conforming shell and utilities. Solaris
10 does not offer these in the default $PATH. We try to use features
standardized no later than POSIX Issue 4 (1994). Unfortunately even
-that is too recent for some implementations. Solaris 11 is believed to
-have a conforming shell. It may help to ensure that "/usr/xpg6/bin"
-and/or "/usr/xpg4/bin" precedes "/bin" and "/usr/bin/" in the $PATH when
-building groff. Here is an example.
+that is too recent for some implementations. Solaris 11 has a
+conforming shell. It may help to ensure that "/usr/xpg6/bin" and
+"/usr/xpg4/bin" precede "/usr/bin" in the $PATH when building groff.
- PATH=/usr/xpg4/bin:$PATH gmake check
+For Solaris 10, it is necessary to modify the shell-based test scripts
+in place to use a conforming shell. Here is an example.
+
+ $ gsed -i -e '1s@#!/bin/sh@#!/usr/xpg4/bin/sh@' \
+ `find . -name '*.sh' | grep /tests/`
+ $ PATH=/usr/xpg4/bin:$PATH gmake check
+
+Two test failures remain expected on Solaris 10.
+
+1. FAIL: tmac/tests/pdfpic_does-not-choke-on-bad-pdfinfo-output.sh
+
+ /usr/bin/sed is non-conforming with the POSIX Issue 4 standard.
+
+ Install GNU sed in the $PATH and edit tmac/pdfpic.tmac and change
+ the "sed" on line 172 to "gsed". Re-run "gmake check" as above.
+
+ The sed in /usr/xpg4/bin also works, but pdfpic.tmac uses groff's
+ `sy` request, which wraps the standard C library `system()`
+ function, which sanitizes $PATH to avoid privilege escalation, thus
+ making it likely that the non-conforming sed in /usr/bin will be
+ found first.
+
+2. FAIL: contrib/hdtbl/examples/test-hdtbl.sh
+
+ /usr/bin/tr is non-conforming with the POSIX Issue 4 standard. It
+ furthermore issues anonymous diagnostics, saying only "Bad string".
+
+ Install tr from GNU coreutils in the $PATH. Edit line 57 of each of
+ contrib/hdtbl/examples/fonts_x.in and
+ contrib/hdtbl/examples/fonts_n.in. Change "tr" to "gtr". Re-run
+ "gmake check" as above. (Some files will be rebuilt.)
+
+ The tr commands in /usr/xpg4/bin and /usr/xpg6/bin also work, but
+ the documents constructed from the above inputs use groff's `pso`
+ request, which wraps the standard C library `popen()` function,
+ which sanitizes $PATH to avoid privilege escalation, thus making it
+ likely that the non-conforming tr in /usr/bin will be found first.
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