[asdf-devel] New test and windows

[Stelian Ionescu]

On Fri, 2010-12-24 at 10:40 -0600, Robert Goldman wrote:
> 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.

That's even better, especially since most shells have them as built-ins

-- 
Stelian Ionescu a.k.a. fe[nl]ix
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
http://common-lisp.net/project/iolib

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