GNU bug report logs - #16291
Use of /bin/rm

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Package: automake;

Reported by: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 21:51:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #24 received at 16291 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 16291 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16291: Use of /bin/rm
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 23:01:43 +0100

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.

Regards,
  Stefano
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