Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 7/4/24 13:38, Paul Eggert wrote:
> 
> > exec python3 /home/eggert/src/gnu/gnulib-savannah/./.gnulib-tool.py --list
> 
> Come to think of it, this can be simplifed to:
> 
> exec python3 ./.gnulib-tool.py --list
> 
> which avoids the overhead of computing and using the absolute file name. 

The test suite still passes:
  $ cd maint-tools/gnulib-tool-tests; ./test-all.sh

But are we OK to drop the ability to run gnulib-tool on Solaris 10?
The % operator used in the variable expansion ${progname%/*} is not
supported by Solaris 10 /bin/sh, see
<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib/maint-tools.git;a=blob;f=test-programs/sh-features>
column 4.

Bruno




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