[asdf-devel] New test and windows

[Robert Goldman]

On 12/24/10 Dec 24 -10:31 AM, Robert Goldman wrote:
> On 12/24/10 Dec 24 -9:55 AM, Stelian Ionescu wrote:
>> On Fri, 2010-12-24 at 09:38 -0600, Robert Goldman wrote:
>>> I pushed a new test for asdf:run-shell-command that I believe will not
>>> work on Windows.  The first step should be to use reader switches to
>>> remove the test contents when running on Windows, but ideally we should
>>> supply some windows code to take the place of the posix code where
>>> appropriate.
>>>
>>> The current test relies on /usr/bin/true and /usr/bin/false to test how
>>> asdf:run-shell-command checks exit codes.
>>
>> AFAIK POSIX requires «true» and «false» to reside in /bin not /usr/bin
> 
> OK, now checking both POSIX and Mac positions for these files.  Pushed a
> new version.  Thanks, Stelian.

Actually, I am not sure I did the right thing here.  I am looking at the
POSIX standard now (which I'm not good at navigating).

It seems like what POSIX mandates is only that I be able to say "true"
or "false" to any compliant shell, and it will do the right thing.  I
don't /believe/ that it dictates a location.

So perhaps I have done the wrong thing here by giving a full pathname,
and I should simply be using "true" and "false" without directory
specifiers.

If anyone more conversant with POSIX would speak up, that would be helpful.

best,
r