Re: coreutils-6.1: needs 'ls' patch (bug #15043)

[Bob Proulx]

Jim Meyering wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > I think you identified the problem as being associated with the
> > LS_COLORS variable.  I am running with 'env -i ...stuff...' and so
> 
> Ah ha!
> 
> With env -i, there would be no TERM setting, so dircolors -b
> would output this:
> 
>   LS_COLORS='';
>   export LS_COLORS

Yes.  That looks like it.

> So another fix would have been to set e.g., TERM=xterm in the environment.

Does the test require a TERM setting to obtain the desired coverage?
Automated builds for things like buildbots, and automated distro
builds of debs and rpms won't normally have a terminal associated with
them.  Should I try to test both with and with a terminal?  Using
something like 'screen' or 'expect' it should be possible to create a
terminal environment in the background fairly easily.  But I don't
think it should be required for the main build and test.

Bob