tests: simplify porting to Solaris 10 /bin/sh

Some test cases in 'grep' need a shell that groks '$(';
export re_shell_ for their benefit.  Problem reported for 'grep'
by Dagobert Michelsen in <http://bugs.gnu.org/16380>.
* tests/init.sh (re_shell_): Export if it's used.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ff71c97..c4246aa 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2014-01-07  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+       tests: simplify porting to Solaris 10 /bin/sh
+       Some test cases in 'grep' need a shell that groks '$(';
+       export re_shell_ for their benefit.  Problem reported for 'grep'
+       by Dagobert Michelsen in <http://bugs.gnu.org/16380>.
+       * tests/init.sh (re_shell_): Export if it's used.
+
 2014-01-06  Eric Blake  <eblake@redhat.com>
 
        md5, sha1, sha256, sha512: support older autoconf

diff --git a/tests/init.sh b/tests/init.sh
index b5c2e3f..e07c39c 100644 (file)
--- a/tests/init.sh
+++ b/tests/init.sh
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ else
       *x*) opts_=-x ;;
       *) opts_= ;;
     esac
+    export re_shell_
     exec "$re_shell_" $opts_ "$0" --no-reexec "$@"
     echo "$ME_: exec failed" 1>&2
     exit 127