Subject: Re: [Linux] why isn't ${TEST} the shell builtin?
To: Georg Schwarz <geos@epost.de>
From: grant beattie <grant@NetBSD.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 07/04/2004 06:44:43
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On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 05:16:06PM +0200, Georg Schwarz wrote:

>=20
> > I had to tweak a couple of uses of ${TEST} and -e in bsd.pkg.mk, but
> > these can be abstracted (the only other platform which has a picky
> > built-in 'test' is IRIX 5.3 afaik).
>=20
> what are, from your experience, the critical issues with ${TEST} (so I can
> check them with the IRIX 5.3 built-in test)?

I was hoping you would know the answer to that, actually :-)

does IRIX 5.3's built-in test support -e and -f ?

grant.


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