Re: [PATCH] Make test for gnuplot work with empty strings.

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On 08/05/2013 08:40 AM, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> ----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
>> On Mon, Mar 11 2013, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
>>> When I launch fio_generate_plots on a system where gnuplot is not installed
>>> I
>>> get this error :
>>>
>>> $ fio_generate_plots test
>>> Making bw logs
>>> /usr/bin/fio_generate_plots: 42: /usr/bin/fio_generate_plots: -: not found
>>>
>>> That's because the test checking whether gnuplot is installed is failing
>>> because of an empty variable :
>>> GNUPLOT=$(which gnuplot)
>>> if [ ! -x $GNUPLOT ]; then
>>>         echo You need gnuplot installed to generate graphs
>>>         exit 1
>>> fi
>>>
>>> Indeed the command "test -x" is exiting with code 0.
>>>
>>> To correct this we should enclose the variable with quotes :
>>> if [ ! -x "$GNUPLOT" ]; then
>>>
>>> Then the script is going into the test properly :
>>> $ fio_generate_plots test
>>> You need gnuplot installed to generate graphs
>>>
>>> I copied problem description by Hervé from the Debian bug report below.
>>>
>>> Fixes:
>>> Bug#700580: /usr/bin/fio_generate_plots: -: not found
>>> http://bugs.debian.org/700580
>>>
>>> Reported-By: Hervé Werner <hwerner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Tested-By: Hervé Werner <hwerner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Tested-By: Martin Steigerwald <ms@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>  fio_generate_plots |    2 +-
>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/fio_generate_plots b/fio_generate_plots
>>> index 4285415..5e2febd 100755
>>> --- a/fio_generate_plots
>>> +++ b/fio_generate_plots
>>> @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if [ "$1"x = "x" ]; then
>>>  fi
>>>  
>>>  GNUPLOT=$(which gnuplot)
>>> -if [ ! -x $GNUPLOT ]; then
>>> +if [ ! -x "$GNUPLOT" ]; then
>>>  	echo You need gnuplot installed to generate graphs
>>>  	exit 1
>>>  fi
>>
>> Thanks, obviously correct :-)
> 
> Still it doesn't seem you applied it as of
> 
> 428b4f6ba681dbb40c8e2213d0c6ae8f8049dcd5ESC
> 
> of git://git.kernel.dk/fio.git
> 
> Fixing locally in Debian package now.

Weird, I must have done it on the old workstation (that is still in
transit) and forgot to push it out. Rectified now!

-- 
Jens Axboe

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