söndag den 26 februari 2012 klockan 10:40 skrev Alfred M. Szmidt detta: > Keep up the good work Mats! > > +# Prerequisites: > +# > +# * Shell: SVR4 Bourne shell, or newer. > +# > +# * cat(1), expr(1), head(1), kill(1), pwd(1), rm(1). > +# > +# * id(1), grep(1), mktemp(1), ps(1). > > Is there a reason for these type of comments? I don't see why this is > useful.
Mostly to give a hint to any external tester, in a hope that he or she takes a look at the failing script before filing a bug. The information in itself will only have a bearing on automated build servers, since development systems for manual use will presumably never lack any of the mentioned utilities. On the other hand, a continuous builder like Hydra at Nixos.org, or rather its jobset maintainer, gets important hints on required packages for automated test runs. It is only since I have begun collaborating with Ludovic Coutès on their setup that these ideas came up. Now only the coverage jobset on x86_64 and the build_shishi jobset on solaris, i.e., OpenIndiana, are failing, but not due to GNU Inetutils. We get positive results for i686-linux, x86_64-linux, i686-freebsd, and i686-solaris for all other jobsets. Best regards, Mats
