severity 14707 minor tags 14707 + moreinfo thanks On 06/24/2013 04:45 PM, Diab Jerius wrote: > Hi, > Hi Diab, thanks for the report.
> On the Linux boxes I compile on, there's a /usr/local/bin/cl executable > (from the IRAF package). Unfortunately, it seems that t/compile4.sh > interprets that as a Microsoft compiler. > > The IRAF cl is an interactive program, > What happens if the program is run with its stdin redirected from /dev/null? Does it exit immediately, or does it still hang? Also, does the program support a --version or --help option that might lead us to rule it out? > so compile4.sh invokes it and it hangs waiting for input. > (Which is quite annoying indeed). > Is there perhaps a better way of checking for the Microsoft compiler, or > restricting these tests to Microsoft operating systems? > I'd rather try the workarounds I proposed above first. If they don't work, we should go along with your suggestion. Thank you, Stefano