On 07/25/2012 03:26 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > > Stefano Lattarini wrote: > >> Could you try what happens issuing this command as root with all the shells >> you have at your disposal (/bin/sh, /usr/xpg4/bin/sh, /bin/ksh and >> bash at least)? > > I'll see if I can find the enthusiasm for it ;-) > Yeah, don't sweat it anyway; since the failure is solved, I'm already satisfied, and as you say below, let's move on to other (better) items.
>> So my patch might be a good idea regardless of your use case, just as >> a way to err on the side of safety. > > I salute that thinking. > Glad of hearing that :-) > Also, if you ever, for whatever reasons, want access to Solaris systems, > just drop me a line with a public key and its done. > Thanks, but I already has access to such systems (which might explain why you found so few failures in the testsuite on your Solaris ;-). I couldn't try this particular patch by myself because because I don't have root privileges on those Solaris boxen access I have access to (nor I want it; less risk of messing up things). Thanks, Stefano
