Yo Hal! On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 22:08:12 -0800 Hal Murray <hmur...@megapathdsl.net> wrote:
> >> ./tests/option-tester.sh: 98: ./tests/option-tester.sh: PYTHONPATH: > >> parameter not set > > > Weird. Stupid shell. Just test that PYTHONPATH exists before > > trying to echo it. > > Actually, there is already a test. That's where it is dying. > > I assume we can unset whatever it is called. Ditto. > > Good. Then this may be the workaround for pipefal: > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13084352/how-to-implement-set-o-pipefai= > > l-in-a-posix-way-almost-done-expert-help-nee > > We have a policy of no hacks around POSIX bugs. It ain't a bug, its a feature. What the POSIX shell is doing is well documented as expected behavior. > The referenced we page looks pretty ugly to me. Not proposed as an ultimate solution. But it is a common one used by many. It does show a way around the issue. > How about adding a comment to the code saying "If this doesn't work, > you have a buggy sh and you have to check the results by hand" Once again: Not a bug, a feature. RGDS GARY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97703 g...@rellim.com Tel:+1 541 382 8588 Veritas liberabit vos. -- Quid est veritas? "If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it." - Lord Kelvin
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