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| -rwxr-xr-x | tests/misc/split-fail | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tests/misc/split-fail b/tests/misc/split-fail index 93cf8d6f0..fdefe61c3 100755 --- a/tests/misc/split-fail +++ b/tests/misc/split-fail @@ -50,8 +50,17 @@ split --bytes=$_4gb in || fail=1 # Make sure that a huge obsolete option evokes the right failure. env -u _POSIX2_VERSION split -99999999999999999991 2> out && fail=1 + +# On losing systems (x86 solaris 2.9 c89), we get a message like this: +# split: line count option -9999999999... is too large +# while on most, we get this: +# split: line count option -99999999999999999991... is too large +# so map them both to -99*1... +sed 's/99[19]*/99*/' out > out-t +mv -f out-t out + cat <<\EOF > exp -split: line count option -99999999999999999991... is too large +split: line count option -99*... is too large EOF cmp out exp || fail=1 test $fail = 1 && diff out exp 2> /dev/null |