Re: [platform-testers] verification instructions for groff 1.23.0.rc2

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Branden,

Am 15.02.2023 um 19:12 schrieb G. Branden Robinson 
<g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>:
> At 2023-02-07T14:50:38+0100, Dagobert Michelsen wrote:
>>> Am 06.02.2023 um 23:03 schrieb G. Branden Robinson 
>>> <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>:
>>> Can you update your $PATH, re-run "make check", and let me know if that
>>> changes your result?
>> 
>> This will not work because the shellscripts have an explicit shebang
>>  #!/bin/sh
>> and are called as executables.
> [...]
>> Indeed. I see two solutions:
>> - use a wrapper like „runtest“ which executes the shellscripts with 
>> something like
>>    $SHELL $SCRIPT
>>  which avoids the shebang.
>> - use autoconf with the scripts renamed to <script>.in and use @SHELL@
> 
> I feel the latter is too disruptive, in part because we are close to a
> final release and also because Solaris 11 has a POSIX-conformant shell
> and Solaris 10 is supposed to be end-of-lifed in 1 year.
> 
> I have the following change pending to the "INSTALL.extra" file, which
> distribution archive users are directed to read.
> 
> Do you feel this is accurate and adequate, even if not maximally
> convenient for Solaris 10 users?
> 
> diff --git a/INSTALL.extra b/INSTALL.extra
> index e0bcbeb40..60c0f815a 100644
> --- a/INSTALL.extra
> +++ b/INSTALL.extra
> @@ -226,11 +226,23 @@ directory) will have a log file called
> To re-run a test, change to the top of the build directory (if
> necessary) and run the test by name from the shell prompt.
> 
> +[Solaris 10 users _must_ run the test scripts by hand since the /bin/sh
> +and utilities on that system are not conformant to the POSIX standard.]
> +
> For example, to rerun the test mentioned above from a "build" directory
> I created as a subdirectory in the source tree, I would do this.
> 
>   (cd build && ../tmac/tests/localization-works.sh)
> 
> +[Solaris 10 users will need to put /usr/xpg4/bin or /usr/xpg6/bin in the
> +$PATH and pass the test scripts as arguments to a POSIX-conforming
> +shell.
> +
> +  (cd build && PATH=/usr/xpg4/bin:$PATH /usr/xpg4/bin/sh \
> +   ../tmac/tests/localization-works.sh)
> +
> +You might wish to write a small shell script to facilitate the process.]
> +
> I can view the test log as follows.
> 
>   cat build/tmac/tests/localization-works.sh.log
> 
> I'm happy to try out my prescription myself if someone can offer me a
> shell account on a Solaris 10 system.  No special privileges are
> necessary to perform and test a build and installation.

This sounds reasonable to me. While I would prefer an automatic solution
I fully understand the ongoing obsolesence of Solaris 10. If you want I
can set up an account on the OpenCSW buildfarm for you. Alternatively
you may already have an account on GCC tetaneutral where I also sponsored
machines for Solaris 10 and 11:
  https://cfarm.tetaneutral.net/


Best regards

  — Dago

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