Another question/issue with the testsuite. ' The testsuite uses ${var/search/replace} construct heavily. It is implemented in bash and in busybox ash, but not, for example, in dash, and it is not in POSIX either.
So when the system /bin/sh does not implement this construct, los of tests fails like this: $ ./pidof.tests PASS: pidof (exit with error) PASS: pidof (exit with success) PASS: pidof this pidof.tests: 59: pidof.tests: Bad substitution (this is actually in testing.sh:59, not pidof.tests:59). The line in question is: optional() { SKIP= while test "$1"; do if test x"${OPTIONFLAGS/*:$1:*/y}" != x"y"; then which uses this very construct. I can modify runtest script to explicitly run the tests using busybox's ash (by prepending `busybox sh' to the command line). But this will lead to failing this very `pidof' test: $ busybox sh pidof.tests PASS: pidof (exit with error) PASS: pidof (exit with success) FAIL: pidof this because it will be unable to "this" process by its name (pidof.tests), since it will be named `busybox' instead. Also, when explicitly using busybox ash, we assume that the configuration actually includes ash, which is not always the case. Is there any interest in fixing these usages of this problematic variable substitution, or applying a workaround? Thanks, /mjt _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list busybox@busybox.net http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox