Re: mdocml: The sh(1) "test" builtin on Solaris 10 doesn't have -e, even

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de>]

On Sat, Nov 07, 2015 at 11:07:26PM +0100, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
> Hi Joerg,
> 
> Joerg Sonnenberger wrote on Sat, Nov 07, 2015 at 10:46:56PM +0100:
> > On Sat, Nov 07, 2015 at 04:31:52PM -0500, schwarze@mdocml.bsd.lv wrote:
> 
> >> Log Message:
> >> -----------
> >> The sh(1) "test" builtin on Solaris 10 doesn't have -e,
> >> even though that's required by POSIX.
> >> Use -w and -r, that's just as good.
> 
> > /bin/sh on Solaris 10 is simply broken, I don't think we should try to
> > workaround it...
> 
> You mean, we should tell people to just run ./configure as
> 
>   /usr/bin/ksh ./configure
> 
> on Solaris 10?  Maybe...
> 
> You are certainly right that we shouldn't make things complicated
> trying to work around broken shells.
> 
> This particular change doesn't do any harm elsewhere, though, and
> it doesn't add a single byte to the code, so i don't think i need
> to revert it.

That or IIRC the xpg4 version they have around, which is nowhere near as
broken. The commit just seems to make things less readable.

Joerg
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