Re: [Bug-tar] [GNU tar 1.18] testsuite: 6 failed

[Eric Blake]

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According to Sergey Poznyakoff on 6/30/2007 2:08 AM:
> (- mark expected lines, + marks the obtained ones). In this case, the
> expected lines are completely wrong. The command used to produce them
> is (see testsuite:2257):
> 
> echo "jeden\\ndwa
> trzy
> "

Using echo with \ is inherently non-portable, because of the difference in
whether echo interprets backslash sequences without options, vs. whether
echo even accepts options.  The testsuite has a bug, in that it should be
determining whether echo supports backslashes by default, and if not, fall
back on something that does (echo -e, or printf).

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             address@hidden
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