Re: [PATCH] test-system-cmds: use sh -c instead of guile -c

[Omar Polo]

On 2023/01/28 17:43:42 +0200, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> > Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2023 11:17:07 +0100
> > From: Omar Polo <op@omarpolo.com>
> > 
> > I'm not sure this patch is palatable as-is, but I'm adding it to the
> > OpenBSD port to have less failures in the regress suite.
> > 
> > The main issue is that "guile" may not be available at test time for
> > various reasons.  (the install prefix is not in $PATH, the executable
> > may be renamed --program-suffix, etc...)
> 
> the intent of the test is to test the just-produced Guile binary, so
> if that binary is not on PATH, the test suite should be fixed so that
> it is on PATH.

my understanding is that it's using the just-produced Guile binary and
testing wether `system' and `system*' are able spawn executables and
return their exit code.

Anyway, I have to apologise, I can't reproduce the issue anymore.  It
was probably something wrong while I was trying to understand
bug#61095[0].

Consider the patch dropped, the test suite correctly sets up the $PATH
as the README describe.

Sorry for the noise.

Omar Polo

[0]: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=61095