Re: make check problems with coreutils 7.2 and earlier

[Tim Mooney]

In regard to: Re: make check problems with coreutils 7.2 and earlier, Jim...:

> Considering all of the programs from /usr/xpg4/bin mentioned
> in that output, I suspect you have an unusual PATH.
> What is your PATH?

/local/bin:/local/sbin:/local/krb5/bin:/local/krb5/sbin:/usr/j2se/bin:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/usr/xpg4/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sadm/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/games:/local/gnu/bin:/faculty/ndsu/mooney/bin:/local/tex/bin:/local/bin/X11:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/dt/bin:/local/gnu/bin/X11:/opt/openoffice.org3/program:.

> It might be useful also to add an echo "PATH: $PATH" to one of the
> tests and check the .log file to see if that prints anything different.

Ok, did that with misc/help-version, and the PATH is exactly the same
as shown above:

FAIL: misc/help-version.log (exit: 1)
=====================================

+ test x/local/gnu/bin/bash = x
+ export SHELL
+ . ./test-lib.sh
++ unset function_test
++ eval 'function_test() { return 11; }; function_test'
+++ function_test
+++ return 11
++ test 11 '!=' 11
+++ pwd
++ test_dir_=/local/src/RPM/BUILD/coreutils-7.2/tests
+++ this_test_
+++ echo ././misc/help-version
+++ sed 's,.*/,,'
++ this_test=help-version
+++ /local/src/RPM/BUILD/coreutils-7.2/src/mktemp -d --tmp=/local/src/RPM/BUILD/
coreutils-7.2/tests cu-help-version.XXXXXXXXXX
++ t_=/local/src/RPM/BUILD/coreutils-7.2/tests/cu-help-version.29Q48d3pLw
++ trap remove_tmp_ 0
++ trap 'Exit $?' 1 2 13 15
++ cd /local/src/RPM/BUILD/coreutils-7.2/tests/cu-help-version.29Q48d3pLw
++ diff --version
++ grep GNU
++ cmp --version
++ grep GNU
+ echo 'Start of misc/help-version, PATH: /local/bin:/local/sbin:/local/krb5/bin
:/local/krb5/sbin:/usr/j2se/bin:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/usr/xpg4/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/cc
s/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sadm/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/games:/local/gnu/bin:/faculty/
ndsu/mooney/bin:/local/tex/bin:/local/bin/X11:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr
/dt/bin:/local/gnu/bin/X11:/opt/openoffice.org3/program:.'
Start of misc/help-version, PATH: /local/bin:/local/sbin:/local/krb5/bin:/local/
krb5/sbin:/usr/j2se/bin:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/usr/xpg4/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/u
sr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sadm/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/games:/local/gnu/bin:/faculty/ndsu/moo
ney/bin:/local/tex/bin:/local/bin/X11:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/dt/bin:
/local/gnu/bin/X11:/opt/openoffice.org3/program:.
+ expected_failure_status_nohup=127
+ expected_failure_status_timeout=125
+ expected_failure_status_printenv=2
+ expected_failure_status_tty=3
+ expected_failure_status_sort=2
+ expected_failure_status_expr=3
+ expected_failure_status_lbracket=2
+ expected_failure_status_dir=2
+ expected_failure_status_ls=2
+ expected_failure_status_vdir=2


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Even if I modify my environment so that xpg4 is not in my PATH, I get the
same results.

Tim
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