Re: [platform-testers] verification instructions for groff 1.23.0.rc2

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Branden,

> Am 06.02.2023 um 23:03 schrieb G. Branden Robinson 
> <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>:
> Can you update your $PATH, re-run "make check", and let me know if that
> changes your result?

This will not work because the shellscripts have an explicit shebang
  #!/bin/sh
and are called as executables.

> I don't have any concrete reason to believe that re-running the entire
> build with an updated $PATH would make a difference, but if you want to
> try that as well, I'd appreciate knowing the outcome.

Indeed. I see two solutions:
- use a wrapper like „runtest“ which executes the shellscripts with something 
like
    $SHELL $SCRIPT
  which avoids the shebang.
- use autoconf with the scripts renamed to <script>.in and use @SHELL@


Best regards

  — Dago

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