* tests/txinfo21.test: Use the `is_newest' subroutine instead of
the `ls -t' hack to to determine whether a file has been updated.
This is required because at least FreeBSD `ls' do not sort files
with the same timestamp in alphabetical order when using the `-t'
option.
---
ChangeLog | 9 +++++++++
tests/txinfo21.test | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 62c5493..b9c71f3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2011-05-07 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure of txinfo21.test on FreeBSD
+ * tests/txinfo21.test: Use the `is_newest' subroutine instead of
+ the `ls -t' hack to to determine whether a file has been updated.
+ This is required because at least FreeBSD `ls' do not sort files
+ with the same timestamp in alphabetical order when using the `-t'
+ option.
+
2011-05-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
tests defs: allow requirements for compilers (mostly dummy)
diff --git a/tests/txinfo21.test b/tests/txinfo21.test
index 4bbce4a..5644c0b 100755
--- a/tests/txinfo21.test
+++ b/tests/txinfo21.test
@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@ test -d sub/main2.html
test -d rec/main3.html
# Rebuilding main.html should cause its timestamp to be updated.
-test `ls -1td main.texi main.html | sed 1q` = main.html
+is_newest main.html main.texi
$sleep
touch main.texi
$MAKE html
-test `ls -1td main.texi main.html | sed 1q` = main.html
+is_newest main.html main.texi
$MAKE clean
test ! -d main.html
--
1.7.3.5
