gnupic: Re: [gnupic] gputils regression tests
Subject:
Re: [gnupic] gputils regression tests
From:
Ralph Corderoy ####@####.####
Date:
11 Jun 2007 17:01:07 +0100
Message-Id: <20070611160044.D291A14892E@blake.inputplus.co.uk>
Hi David,
> The conditional to test for a failure is something like this:
>
> if ! test $tested=$passed then;
> return 1
> fi
"something like this"? What is it precisely? I don't have access to
the source at the moment.
> Maybe some bash guru can fill me in on what "test $a=$b" actually
> tests, but apparently "test 1=2" returns true. For that problem, I
> can easily change the test to:
>
> if (($tested==$passed)) then;
You're then making it something other than a Bourne shell script. I
think you need to see test(1) and consider
$ test 1 = 1 && echo yes
yes
$ test 1 = 2 && echo yes
$ test 1 -eq 1 && echo yes
yes
$ test 1 -eq 2 && echo yes
$ test 1 = ' 1' && echo yes
$ test 1 -eq ' 1' && echo yes
yes
$ test foo && echo yes
yes
$ test '' && echo yes
$ test 1=2 && echo yes
yes
bearing in mind `=' is string equality, `-eq' is a numeric comparison,
and if only one argument is given it's true if it isn't empty.
It could well be there's no problem if they've written something like
if test "$a" = "$b"; then
Or it could well be there is a problem and you've found it. :-)
Cheers,
Ralph.
