Apparently we've only had it because the -[ao] options weren't portable at the time, but according to https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/test.html both are defined in POSIX.1-2017 revision which is old enough for all our supported platforms to have adopted it already. Therefore, drop the rule. Signed-off-by: Erik Skultety <eskultet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- build-aux/syntax-check.mk | 9 --------- 1 file changed, 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/build-aux/syntax-check.mk b/build-aux/syntax-check.mk index d7cf109fbd..5718768193 100644 --- a/build-aux/syntax-check.mk +++ b/build-aux/syntax-check.mk @@ -1201,15 +1201,6 @@ sc_prohibit_double_semicolon: halt="Double semicolon detected" \ $(_sc_search_regexp) -_ptm1 = use "test C1 && test C2", not "test C1 -''a C2" -_ptm2 = use "test C1 || test C2", not "test C1 -''o C2" -# Using test's -a and -o operators is not portable. -# We prefer test over [, since the latter is spelled [[ in configure.ac. -sc_prohibit_test_minus_ao: - @prohibit='(\<test| \[+) .+ -[ao] ' \ - halt='$(_ptm1); $(_ptm2)' \ - $(_sc_search_regexp) - # Avoid a test bashism. sc_prohibit_test_double_equal: @prohibit='(\<test| \[+) .+ == ' \ -- 2.41.0
