Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/bin/test
To: Hubert Feyrer <hubertf@NetBSD.org>
From: Alan Barrett <apb@cequrux.com>
List: source-changes
Date: 09/23/2006 17:39:27
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006, Hubert Feyrer wrote:
> Modified Files:
> src/bin/test: test.1 test.c
>
> Log Message:
> Allow '==' as synonym to '=', just like our ksh and bash do.
> This also affects the sh(1) builtin test command.
I don't like this at all, but if we have to have it, please could the
man page mention the fact that it's non-standard, explain why it was
added, and recommend that it be avoided in scripts that are intended to
be portable.
--apb (Alan Barrett)