Re: [bug-inetutils] Test ftp-localhost incorrectly fails

[Mats Erik Andersson]

Dear Ingo Brückl,

Torsdag den 24:e December 2015, klockan 15:15, skrev Ingo Brückl detta:
> Hi,
> 
> in tests/ftp-localhost.sh (at line 50) it says:
> 
>   set -e
> 
>   value_v6only=`sysctl -a 2>/dev/null | $GREP v6only`
> 
> will exit the test immediately with return code 1 if there is no v6only. As a
> result, the test will fail and the following
> 
>   if test -n "$value_v6only"; then
> 
> has no effect at all.

A good observation; I have pushed an improved exception handler,
using a short circuit '|| true' as well as a detection of sysctl.

Do you know of a system which lacks a v6only system variable,
or did you encounter a system where sysctl is missing?

Your contribution is appreciated, best regards
  Mats E Andersson