[libvirt] [PATCH] tests: Skip daemon-conf test if dir exceeds UNIX_PATH_MAX

Jim Meyering jim at meyering.net
Mon May 17 19:46:26 UTC 2010


Eric Blake wrote:
> On 05/17/2010 11:29 AM, Eric Blake wrote:
>>> +if test ${#SOCKPATH} -lt 108 ; then
>>
>> Bash-ism.  To be portable, you'd have to use something like:
>>
>> if test `echo "$SOCKPATH" | wc -c` -lt 108; then
>
> Huh, I stand (partially) corrected.  POSIX requires support for ${#foo}.
>  If we were to use gnulib's init.sh, we would then have the guarantee
> that we have enough of a POSIX environment to rely on that particular
> construct.  But right now, test-lib.sh doesn't quite guarantee
> everything provided in gnulib.
>
> Jim, is it time to modify test-lib.sh to borrow more ideas from gnulib's
> init.sh?

Sure.  init.sh seems to have stabilized, and should be
an improvement over test-lib.sh.




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