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runtest doesn't work with Solaris 10 /bin/sh

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Message #52 received at 47382 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jacob Bachmeyer <jcb62281 <at> gmail.com>
To: Rainer Orth <ro <at> CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
Cc: 47382 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#47382: runtest doesn't work with Solaris 10 /bin/sh (oops,
 forgot patch...)
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 00:01:45 -0500

Rainer Orth wrote:
> Running /vol/src/gnu/dejagnu/dejagnu-1.6.3-branch/local/testsuite/launcher.all/help.exp ...
> ERROR: The 'man' command in Solaris does not work in the source tree.
> Running /vol/src/gnu/dejagnu/dejagnu-1.6.3-branch/local/testsuite/launcher.all/interp.exp ...
> FAIL: have no Awk
> FAIL: have no GNU Awk
> FAIL: have no Tcl
> FAIL: have no Expect
>
> Running "env AWK=bogus GAWK=bogus /vol/src/gnu/dejagnu/dejagnu-1.6.3-branch/local/dejagnu --DGTimpl awk" ...
> child process exited abnormally
> FAIL: have no Awk
>
> Those FAILs happen because interp.exp expects exitcode 1 while we get
> 255 instead.  The autoconf manual documents this, too:
>
> Don't expect @command{false} to exit with status 1: in native
> Solaris @file{/bin/false} exits with status 255.
>   

Fixed in commit 9539a1e2ffe8506b92bfcb4363c767e4bc6a0700:

8<----
diff --git a/dejagnu b/dejagnu
index 9f6ae4b..ece4e09 100755
--- a/dejagnu
+++ b/dejagnu
@@ -426,13 +426,13 @@ fi
if test -z "$command" ; then
    if test -n "$override_ext" ; then
       case $selected_ext in
-           awk)        $have_awk;      exit $? ;;
-           bash)       $have_bash;     exit $? ;;
-           exp)        $have_expect;   exit $? ;;
-           gawk)       $have_gawk;     exit $? ;;
-           tcl)        $have_tcl;      exit $? ;;
-           sh)         $have_sh;       exit $? ;;
-           *)                          exit  2 ;;
+           awk)    if $have_awk;       then exit 0; else exit 1; fi ;;
+           bash)   if $have_bash;      then exit 0; else exit 1; fi ;;
+           exp)    if $have_expect;    then exit 0; else exit 1; fi ;;
+           gawk)   if $have_gawk;      then exit 0; else exit 1; fi ;;
+           tcl)    if $have_tcl;       then exit 0; else exit 1; fi ;;
+           sh)     if $have_sh;        then exit 0; else exit 1; fi ;;
+           *)      exit 2 ;;
       esac
    else
       echo ERROR: no command given
8<----


That code did look suspiciously clever when I wrote it...


-- Jacob

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