tests: fix spurious failure with Solaris /bin/sh

* tests/dist-auxfile.test: Don't use redirected `:' in a loop,
it hits a bug in Solaris 10 /bin/sh.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a5eaaefd21918e975137ffe377ac4bdd2e97732f..f294dadb1d5b3aec1e7d3b24a67b38087d28bc4e 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-10-08  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+       tests: fix spurious failure with Solaris /bin/sh
+       * tests/dist-auxfile.test: Don't use redirected `:' in a loop,
+       it hits a bug in Solaris 10 /bin/sh.
+
 2011-10-08  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 
        threaded-am: better serialization for required config files

diff --git a/tests/dist-auxfile.test b/tests/dist-auxfile.test
index 2776a250fc6c9b12893b739010a5e90644709795..6efd7375ad8da4b854dd6f6ba1fe608f27411ebb 100755 (executable)
--- a/tests/dist-auxfile.test
+++ b/tests/dist-auxfile.test
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ END
 END
 
   mkdir subdir
-  : > subdir/Makefile.am
-  
+  echo > subdir/Makefile.am # `echo', not `:', for Solaris /bin/sh.
+
   test -z "$auxdir" || mkdir "$auxdir" || Exit 99
 
   if test -z "$auxdir"; then