Hello! On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 02:30:57PM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote: > Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > According to Jim Meyering on 4/16/2008 2:33 AM: > > | This test would fail not only because the built-in mknod > > | doesn't support -Z, but because it doesn't know about 'p' pipes. > > | > > | tests: avoid mkdir/selinux failure when mknod is a shell built-in > > | * tests/mkdir/selinux: Skip the mknod test if it's a built-in. > > > > Couldn't you try to defeat the shell builtin by using a subshell and exec > > to force the PATH lookup? For example, on bash: > > > > $ printf --version | head -n1 > > bash: printf: --: invalid option > > printf: usage: printf [-v var] format [arguments] > > $ (exec printf --version) | head -n1 > > printf (GNU coreutils) 6.10 > > My first reaction was "great! that looks much better". > Unfortunately, the technique doesn't work with that shell: > > openbsd$ ./mknod --version|head -1 > mknod (GNU coreutils) 6.10.188-7cb24 > openbsd$ PATH=. /bin/sh -c 'mknod --version'|head -1
^ exec?
Regards,
Thomas
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