Re: [SIMPLE PATCH] {maint} Extend tests on `--help' and `--version' options.

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 11:39:38AM CEST:
> On Sunday 26 September 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > 
> > Well the patch surely makes it clear why $curdir was a badly chosen
> > name: it is not clear at which time this directory was "current".
> There's a pending patch (for "tests-init" branch) to rename it ;-).

Ah, good.  Thanks.

> > >  # aclocal and automake cannot work without configure.ac or
> > >  configure.in
> > > 
> > > -$ACLOCAL 2>stderr && { cat stderr >&2; Exit 1; }
> > > +"$curdir/aclocal-$APIVERSION" 2>stderr && { cat stderr >&2; Exit
> > > 1; }
> > > 
> > >  cat stderr >&2
> > > 
> > > -grep configure.ac stderr
> > > -grep configure.in stderr
> > > -AUTOMAKE_fails
> > > -grep configure.ac stderr
> > > -grep configure.in stderr
> > > +$FGREP configure.ac stderr
> > > +$FGREP configure.in stderr
> > > +"$curdir/automake-$APIVERSION" 2>stderr && { cat stderr >&2;
> > > Exit 1; } +cat stderr >&2
> > > +$FGREP configure.ac stderr
> > > +$FGREP configure.in stderr
> > 
> > This all looks like change for the purpose of changing.
> No, it avoids the use of arguments with $AUTOMAKE and $ACLOCAL, and
> escape literal dots in grep searches.

Well, but the tests as they were were strict, and not wrong.  Oh well,
getting into bikeshed issues again, which I was trying to avoid.

> Should I drop this chunk anyway?

However you like.

Patch is OK with modifications.

Thanks,
Ralf