Re: CVS commit: src/tests/util/sh

[David Holland <dholland-sourcechanges%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 08:08:57AM -0400, Christos Zoulas wrote:
 > | If it's more important that the nightly test runs come up clean than
 > | that it actually check for correct behavior so sh gets fixed, the test
 > | script should at least document what the correct behavior is. I have
 > | done this much, although I'm inclined to think the changes should be
 > | reverted entirely.
 > 
 > Please show me a shell implementation where those tests work, and then
 > I will accept that reverting them is TRT. I personally cannot find one.
 > Also all the tests now behave consistently in ksh, bash, and ash so I
 > am inclined to believe that they are correct.

The last time I tried, the behavior of sh, ksh, and bash diverged
substantially on some of them. Others, yes, it's posix on one side and
all extant implementations on the other... this is why I was trying to
secure a consensus, but that hasn't happened; it's too fiddly and
consequently ~nobody cares enough to wade into the gory details.

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David A. Holland
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