[9fans] Error when trying to install contrib/install

2023-02-22 Thread quiekaizam via 9fans
Poking around with Plan 9 for the first time ever, so forgive the PEBKACiness. Trying to get the contrib/install command installed, running % 9fs sources % mkdir -p /dist/replica/client % /n/sources/contrib/fgb/root/rc/bin/contrib/install fgb/contrib However, it immediately fails wit

Re: [9fans] Error when trying to install contrib/install

2023-02-23 Thread Anthony Sorace
On Feb 22, 2023, at 00:02, quiekaizam via 9fans <9fans@9fans.net> wrote: > > Indeed, my test(1) doesn't seem to support such syntax. Is this a version > problem? I believe so, yes. It looks like 9front has made some significant changes to (or removed? I didn’t dig in) test’s handling of “implie

Re: [9fans] Error when trying to install contrib/install

2023-02-24 Thread Alex Musolino
> I believe so, yes. It looks like 9front has made some significant > changes to (or removed? I didn’t dig in) test’s handling of > “implied” -a and -o operands. Test(1) was changed for 9front because the old test(1) was broken. It does not have any sort of "implied" -a or -o operands. Actuall

Re: [9fans] Error when trying to install contrib/install

2023-02-24 Thread ori
Quoth Alex Musolino : > The new test(1) in 9front passes the following test suite, which is > mostly stolen from something the OpenBSD folks had used to test their > own test(1) program: > > http://git.9front.org/plan9front/regress/717df14acac498bfb4496066a60c1ae83e93d9b7/cmd/test.rc/f.html > qui