Re: [PATCH 14/14] t{3032,6038}-*.sh: Allow SED_BIN_OPT to override the -b sed option

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Ramsay Jones <ramsay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Some older versions of sed (eg. v3.02) do not understand the -b
> (--binary) option. However, these versions of sed may have an
> equivalent option we can use to request binary mode processing
> (eg. -c or --nocr).
>
> Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> I nearly didn't send this patch, since my MinGW sed is somewhat old, and
> most people would not have this problem. (Note I *think* I installed
> using msysGit-fullinstall-1.6.4-preview20090729.exe)
> So, feel free to drop this patch...
>
>  t/t3032-merge-recursive-options.sh |    2 +-
>  t/t6038-merge-text-auto.sh         |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/t/t3032-merge-recursive-options.sh b/t/t3032-merge-recursive-options.sh
> index 29e049a..22d9988 100755
> --- a/t/t3032-merge-recursive-options.sh
> +++ b/t/t3032-merge-recursive-options.sh
> @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ test_description='merge-recursive options
>  
>  . ./test-lib.sh
>  
> -test_have_prereq SED_STRIPS_CR && SED_OPTIONS=-b
> +test_have_prereq SED_STRIPS_CR && SED_OPTIONS=${SED_BIN_OPT--b}

It is unclear who is supposed to feed you SED_BIN_OPT.

Perhaps a patch to add an insn like "If you have an ancient sed, export
SED_BIN_OPT=-c before running tests" to t/README is also necessary to go
together with this change.

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