Hi Branden, Am 15.02.2023 um 19:12 schrieb G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>: > At 2023-02-07T14:50:38+0100, Dagobert Michelsen wrote: >>> Am 06.02.2023 um 23:03 schrieb G. Branden Robinson >>> <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>: >>> Can you update your $PATH, re-run "make check", and let me know if that >>> changes your result? >> >> This will not work because the shellscripts have an explicit shebang >> #!/bin/sh >> and are called as executables. > [...] >> Indeed. I see two solutions: >> - use a wrapper like „runtest“ which executes the shellscripts with >> something like >> $SHELL $SCRIPT >> which avoids the shebang. >> - use autoconf with the scripts renamed to <script>.in and use @SHELL@ > > I feel the latter is too disruptive, in part because we are close to a > final release and also because Solaris 11 has a POSIX-conformant shell > and Solaris 10 is supposed to be end-of-lifed in 1 year. > > I have the following change pending to the "INSTALL.extra" file, which > distribution archive users are directed to read. > > Do you feel this is accurate and adequate, even if not maximally > convenient for Solaris 10 users? > > diff --git a/INSTALL.extra b/INSTALL.extra > index e0bcbeb40..60c0f815a 100644 > --- a/INSTALL.extra > +++ b/INSTALL.extra > @@ -226,11 +226,23 @@ directory) will have a log file called > To re-run a test, change to the top of the build directory (if > necessary) and run the test by name from the shell prompt. > > +[Solaris 10 users _must_ run the test scripts by hand since the /bin/sh > +and utilities on that system are not conformant to the POSIX standard.] > + > For example, to rerun the test mentioned above from a "build" directory > I created as a subdirectory in the source tree, I would do this. > > (cd build && ../tmac/tests/localization-works.sh) > > +[Solaris 10 users will need to put /usr/xpg4/bin or /usr/xpg6/bin in the > +$PATH and pass the test scripts as arguments to a POSIX-conforming > +shell. > + > + (cd build && PATH=/usr/xpg4/bin:$PATH /usr/xpg4/bin/sh \ > + ../tmac/tests/localization-works.sh) > + > +You might wish to write a small shell script to facilitate the process.] > + > I can view the test log as follows. > > cat build/tmac/tests/localization-works.sh.log > > I'm happy to try out my prescription myself if someone can offer me a > shell account on a Solaris 10 system. No special privileges are > necessary to perform and test a build and installation.
This sounds reasonable to me. While I would prefer an automatic solution I fully understand the ongoing obsolesence of Solaris 10. If you want I can set up an account on the OpenCSW buildfarm for you. Alternatively you may already have an account on GCC tetaneutral where I also sponsored machines for Solaris 10 and 11: https://cfarm.tetaneutral.net/ Best regards — Dago -- "You don't become great by trying to be great, you become great by wanting to do something, and then doing it so hard that you become great in the process." - xkcd #896
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