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Re: more zsh crapology
From: |
Gary V. Vaughan |
Subject: |
Re: more zsh crapology |
Date: |
Thu, 04 Dec 2003 08:36:39 +0000 |
On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 00:21:09 +0900, "Peter O'Gorman" <address@hidden>
said:
> 4-
> * tests/mdemo-dryrun.test: If using zsh alias ls=/bin/ls. Fixes a
> problem if the nfs file server time is ahead of the local machines
> time.
>
> +if test -n "{ZSH_VERSION+set}" && test -x /bin/ls ; then
^
There should be a $ in there!
> zsh ls -l gives strange results when the time on the file is in the
> future:
> bash-2.05a$ ls -l foo
> - -rw-r--r-- 1 ogorman users 0 Dec 3 2003 foo
> bash-2.05a$ ls -l foo
> - -rw-r--r-- 1 ogorman users 0 Dec 3 07:14 foo
>
> This makes the mdemo-dryrun.test fail on the Mac OS X 10.1 box on
> sourceforge's compile farm (the nfs servers time is slightly ahead of
> the OS X boxes time). aliased ls to /bin/ls in the test.
How does the aliasing help? Why not use /bin/ls all the time (unless the
user overrides) instead of just ZSH if it makes a difference?
> 5-
> * m4/libtool.m4 (CDPATH): Change the CDPATH setting so that it
> allows for zsh differences, as noted in the autoconf manual's
> Protable Shell - Special Shell Variables section.
^
Portable
Okay.
> 6-
> * m4/libtool.m4: Ensure that ${ZSH_VERSION+set} is properly escaped.
Okay.
Cheers,
Gary.
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