On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 08:26:58PM -0400, James Vega wrote: > On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 10:00:29PM +0200, Sune Vuorela wrote: > > ~> help > > fish: Unknown command 'htmlview' > > /usr/share/fish/functions/help.fish (line 12): htmlview > > file:///usr/share/doc/fish/index.html & > > ^ > > in function 'help', > > called on standard input, > > This looks to be a problem either with test(1) or upstream's expectation > of the return value of test. help.fish uses the type function (which > calls "test -x") to determine if one out of a list of possible browsers > is installed. "test -x" is returning a 'true' value when there is no > argument given to it, thus causing fish to try to use an unavailable > browser.
Actually, taking a closer look at things, the way type is written should work. I'll nudge upstream about it if I can still reproduce it in the new release (which I'm currently packaging). > > I can't find the command htmlview in debian > > I will add a "Depends: www-browser" since the help relies on one. > Thanks for pointing that out. I'll also file a bug against coreutils > about the odd behavior of test when no arguments are supplied. This behavior is actually documented POSIX behavior (as noted in #335466), so no bug will be filed. James -- GPG Key: 1024D/61326D40 2003-09-02 James Vega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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