bug#11898: [PATCH] tests: verify the shell test scripts are syntactically valid

[Stefano Lattarini]

tags 11898 + patch
close 11898
thanks

On 07/11/2012 11:30 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> [PATCH] tests: verify the shell test scripts are syntactically valid
> 
> This measure of extra safety is mostly motivated by the fact that some
> shells (at least some versions of Bash in the 3.x release series, one
> of which severs
>
Oops, s/severs/serves/ here.  Fixed before pushing.

> as /bin/sh on Mac OS X 10.7, as well as Bash 4.0 and the
> /usr/xpg4/bin/sh shell from Solaris 10) erroneously exit with exit status
> 0 upon encountering a syntax error, if an exit trap is sett (as it is in
> our test scripts).
> 
> * Makefile.am (check-tests-syntax): New, check that the shell test
> scripts listed in $(TESTS) are syntactically correct.
> (.PHONY, check-local): Depend on it.
> * t/self-check-exit.tap : Remove checks verifying that a script exits
> with non-zero status upon encountering a syntax error; as explained
> above, we can't depend on that.
>
Pushed now.  I'm thus closing this bug report.

Thanks,
  Stefano