On Tue November 14 2006 19:06, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > I refused to stop using test -a in my packages as well, and refused > to declare #!/bin/bash. > > Here's why. > > test -a is not a "bashism". > > It's a feature of the Debian test program. It happens that bash > declares a builtin, but that's irrelevant. Bash's builtin is > compatible with the Debian test, and *that's* relevant. > > Some /bin/sh programs happen to *override* the Debian test builtin, > and do so *in incompatible ways*. If those /bin/sh programs did not > declare a test builtin, there would be no problem: my scripts would > get the Debian implementation of test, and everything would be fine.
Is moving the test executable to /bin with a symlink to /usr/bin (so existing scripts which already use a path continue to work) then requiring /bin/test a solution? - Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
