Re: [PATCH] Fix some failing tests in BSD systems

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 06.01.2021 11:41, Daniel Martín wrote:

> > So I guess I should ask: was the particular behavior annoying by
> > itself, or is it only a problem because of the failing test?
> >
> > I also wonder whether all macOS users see this, or whether it's maybe
> > fixed in some latest version of BSD find. Because it's apparently
> > (arguably) a bug: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/320440/166215
>
> I think the safest and simplest route is to just "fix" the tests so they
> pass in all systems.  We shouldn't risk introducing regressions just to
> work around what POSIX says could be a 'find' bug in some BSD systems
> (and maybe only Apple systems, I don't have any other BSD system to test
> with).

Thanks, that makes sense. We do try to work around problems in widely 
installed software, but so far it seems Apple-only.

I've tried a few major versions of FreeBSD in a VM, going back to 11.4, 
and none have exhibited the problem. Guess we'll do the fix for the 
symlinks problem instead (the easy way), and then wait and see whether 
more reports come complaining about the double-slash issue.

> It only causes a slight cosmetic problem, which should be fixed whenever
> they fix the bug, without needing any code change from our side.

AFAIK Apple tries very hard to avoid updating to the latest versions of 
Unixy tools.

Luckily, there are now several projects that let users install fresh GNU 
versions of said tools (and other command-line programs).