Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com> skribis: > On 12/30/2013 09:55 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote: >> >> [MEGA-SNIP] >> >> No; I’m asking because the tests specifically refer to /bin/rm. >> What’s the reason? >> > Copying from my first reply: > > Ludovic Courtès wrote: > > Would it be possible to change these tests to use ‘rm’ > > instead of /bin/rm? What do you think? > > > That would be a bad idea, because we would miss warning from systems > where /bin/rm is deficient but the user has installed a better rm > (maybe from GNU coreutils) earlier in PATH. > > To reiterate, we want to find out about deficiencies in the "base > system" even if the user who is running the Automake testsuite has > mitigated them by installing better tools earlier in his PATH.
OK, got it now. Thanks for taking the time. Ludo’.
