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-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/readlink-fp-loop12
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 37a3e0b75..9c78a3de8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2007-11-16 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ Port readlink-fp-loop to Solaris.
+ * tests/misc/readlink-fp-loop (symlink_loop_msg): New var,
+ which records the symlink-loop message, whose wording is
+ not standardized by Posix. Do not rely on "echo x > p/1"
+ to work when p/1 has a lot of indirect symlinks. (I'm surprised
+ that it works on Linux. Perhaps a Linux bug?)
+
2007-11-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Port to Solaris 'make' and use a Posixish shell on Solaris.
diff --git a/tests/misc/readlink-fp-loop b/tests/misc/readlink-fp-loop
index 9a4472b6f..ee65e2816 100755
--- a/tests/misc/readlink-fp-loop
+++ b/tests/misc/readlink-fp-loop
@@ -45,8 +45,12 @@ compare out exp || fail=1
# Construct a real loop and make sure readlink still detects it.
ln -sf ../s/1 d/2 || framework_failure
readlink -v -e p/1 2> out && fail=1
-echo readlink: p/1: Too many levels of symbolic links > exp || framework_failure
-compare out exp || fail=1
+readlink_msg=$(cat out)
+case $readlink_msg in
+ 'readlink: p/1: '*) ;;
+ *) fail=1;;
+esac
+symlink_loop_msg=${readlink_msg#'readlink: p/1: '}
# Exercise the hash table code.
ln -nsf ../s/3 d/2 || framework_failure
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ ln -nsf ../p/5 d/4 || framework_failure
ln -nsf ../p/6 d/5 || framework_failure
ln -nsf ../p/7 d/6 || framework_failure
ln -nsf ../p/8 d/7 || framework_failure
-echo x > p/1 || framework_failure
+echo x > d/8 || framework_failure
readlink -v -e p/1 > out || fail=1
echo "$cwd/d/8" > exp || fail=1
compare out exp || fail=1
@@ -63,7 +67,7 @@ compare out exp || fail=1
# A trivial loop
ln -s loop loop
readlink -v -e loop 2> out && fail=1
-echo readlink: loop: Too many levels of symbolic links > exp || framework_failure
+echo "readlink: loop: $symlink_loop_msg" > exp || framework_failure
compare out exp || fail=1
(exit $fail); exit $fail