test failure (HAVE_GETPWUID) on MacOS X

[Ben Abbott]

I've posted this before, but as there has been no reply, I'm trying again ... 
with a more specific subject this time.

        
http://old.nabble.com/2-test-failures-on-Mac-OS-10.6-tc26892662.html#a26892662

The test below fails during "make check".

349 >>>>> processing test_system
350   ***** testif HAVE_GETPWUID
351  x = getpwuid (getuid ());
352  assert((strcmp (x.dir, tilde_expand ("~"))
353  && strcmp (x.dir, tilde_expand (sprintf ("~%s", x.name)))
354  && strcmp ("foobar", tilde_expand ("foobar"))));
355 !!!!! test failed
356 assert ((strcmp (x.dir, tilde_expand ("~")) && strcmp (x.dir, tilde_expand 
(sprintf ("~%s", x.name))) && strcmp ("foobar", tilde_expand ("foobar")))) 
failed
357 >>>>> processing test_transpose
358 >>>>> processing test_try
359 >>>>> processing test_unwind
360 >>>>> processing test_while
361 
362 Files with no tests:

However, the "assert" passes when I try it on the command line.

octave:14> (strcmp (x.dir, tilde_expand ("~")) && strcmp (x.dir, tilde_expand 
(sprintf ("~%s", x.name))) && strcmp ("foobar", tilde_expand ("foobar")))
ans =  1

Previously, I mention the error below when I ran the test from the command line.

octave:6> test test_system 
  ***** test 
 pause (0); 
 printf_assert ("ok\n"); 
 assert(prog_output_assert("ok")); 
!!!!! test failed 
`printf_assert' undefined near line 4 column 2 

However, that error is to be expected as printf_assert is defined in fntests.m.

166 function printf_assert (varargin)
167   global _assert_printf;
168   _assert_printf = cat (2, _assert_printf, sprintf (varargin{:}));
169 endfunction

Is anyone else seeing this?

Ben