Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > mksh does not allow $COLUMNS to be set below 12. Quoting mksh(1) > $COLUMNS is "always set, defaults to 80, unless the value as reported > by stty(1) is non-zero and sane enough". This applies also to setting > it directly for one command: > > $ COLUMNS=30 python -c 'import os; print os.environ["COLUMNS"]' > 30 > $ COLUMNS=20 python -c 'import os; print os.environ["COLUMNS"]' > 20 > $ COLUMNS=10 python -c 'import os; print os.environ["COLUMNS"]' > 98 I'd hate to say this, but that shell is broken. > Let's test if we can set COLUMNS=1, and if not, skip the tests that > want to use that. A prereq is added, which is set if $COLUMNS can be > set. And I think that is a sensible workaround, even though COLUMNS_CAN_BE_1 might not be the best name for it. > +( COLUMNS=1 && test $COLUMNS = 1 ) && test_set_prereq COLUMNS_CAN_BE_1 This is different from what you wrote in your log message, but I trust that it will fail under the problematic shell? Will queue; thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html