hi; On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Mikael Magnusson wrote: > On 23 May 2011 17:10, Peter Stephenson wrote: > > This is now failing: > > > > ./D04parameter.ztst: starting. > > *** /tmp/zsh.ztst.err.18663 Mon May 23 15:58:07 2011 > > --- /tmp/zsh.ztst.terr.18663 Mon May 23 15:58:07 2011 > > *************** > > *** 1 **** > > ! (eval):2: substring expression: 3 < 5 > > --- 1 ---- > > ! (eval):2: substring expression: 3 < 0 > > Test ./D04parameter.ztst failed: error output differs from expected as > shown above for: > > foo="123456789" > > print ${foo:5:-6} > > Was testing: Regression test for total length < 0 in string > > ./D04parameter.ztst: test failed. > > ************************************** > > 0 successful test scripts, 1 failure, 0 skipped > > ************************************** > > make: *** [check] Error 1 > > > > I'll wait for it to stop failing. I'm guessing this is to do with > > 29224. > > Odd, > ./D04parameter.ztst: starting. > ./D04parameter.ztst: all tests successful. > ************************************** > 1 successful test script, 0 failures, 0 skipped > ************************************** > It passes for me on 64bit machines and fails on 32bit machines. Hope that helps. Regards, ismail