Re: coreutils-8.13.29-43a9 on AIX 7.1

[Jim Meyering]

Bruno Haible wrote:
> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> > FAIL: misc/help-version
>>
>> This one is because its shell fails when i=[:
>>
>>     # Ensure that each program "works" (exits successfully) when doing
>>     # something more than --help or --version.
>>     for i in $built_programs; do
>>       ...
>>       if env $i $args < $tmp_in > $tmp_out; then       <<<==========
>>
>> I'll bet if you use a better shell that test will not fail.
>
> It's not the shell. The program '[' was not created in the src/ directory.
> Already reported here:
> <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2011-09/msg00055.html>

Oh, right.  It was their "make" program that neglected to build "[".
So the test that attempts to run the missing program fails.