From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 19:03:43 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: tests: fix spurious failure with Solaris /bin/sh
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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 a5eaaefd2..f294dadb1 100644
--- 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 2776a250f..6efd7375a 100755
--- 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