The revised patch exactly matches the current practice of the test builtins in ksh93 (where it was introduced), bash, and the test utility in the GNU coreutils.
Whether to patch it like this is another question, I think this should be discussed upstream, see http://www.mail-archive.com/d...@vger.kernel.org/msg00206.html -- Guido Berhoerster -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org