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-rw-r--r--src/test.c7
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d2da407da..80d08a1d1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
2007-08-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+ * src/test.c (usage): Note that [ honors --help and --version,
+ but that test does not. Suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
+
By default, do not install hostname anymore; no kidding, this time.
* src/Makefile.am (EXTRA_PROGRAMS): Remove hostname from this list,
now that it's no longer being installed by default. This should
diff --git a/src/test.c b/src/test.c
index c307565ce..c0d89387d 100644
--- a/src/test.c
+++ b/src/test.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
/* Modified to run with the GNU shell by bfox. */
-/* Copyright (C) 1987-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1987-2005, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -770,6 +770,11 @@ Except for -h and -L, all FILE-related tests dereference symbolic links.\n\
Beware that parentheses need to be escaped (e.g., by backslashes) for shells.\n\
INTEGER may also be -l STRING, which evaluates to the length of STRING.\n\
"), stdout);
+ fputs (_("\
+\n\
+NOTE: [ honors the --help and --version options, but test does not.\n\
+test treats each of those as it treats any other nonempty STRING.\n\
+"), stdout);
printf (USAGE_BUILTIN_WARNING, _("test and/or ["));
emit_bug_reporting_address ();
}