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Diffstat (limited to 'tests')
| -rwxr-xr-x | tests/init.sh | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/init.sh b/tests/init.sh index 97e4e4ba5..09b07394f 100755 --- a/tests/init.sh +++ b/tests/init.sh @@ -128,6 +128,13 @@ else fi # We require $(...) support unconditionally. +# We require non-surprising "local" semantics (this eliminates dash). +# This takes the admittedly draconian step of eliminating dash, because the +# assignment tab=$(printf '\t') works fine, yet preceding it with "local " +# transforms it into an assignment that sets the variable to the empty string. +# That is too counter-intuitive, and can lead to subtle run-time malfunction. +# The example below is less subtle in that with dash, it evokes the run-time +# exception "dash: 1: local: 1: bad variable name". # We require a few additional shell features only when $EXEEXT is nonempty, # in order to support automatic $EXEEXT emulation: # - hyphen-containing alias names @@ -151,6 +158,7 @@ fi gl_shell_test_script_=' test $(echo y) = y || exit 1 f_local_() { local v=1; }; f_local_ || exit 1 +f_dash_local_fail_() { local t=$(printf " 1"); }; f_dash_local_fail_ score_=10 if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then test -n "$( (exec 3>&1; set -x; P=1 true 2>&3) 2> /dev/null)" && score_=9 |