On 04/28/2012 12:35 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > Hi Junio, Zbigniew. > > On 04/27/2012 06:21 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> 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 wonder if this is an easier workaround, though. >> >> env COLUMNS=10 $cmd >> > It works for me: > > $ mksh -c 'COLUMNS=10 env | grep COLUMNS' > COLUMNS=113 > > $ mksh -c 'env COLUMNS=10 env | grep COLUMNS' > COLUMNS=10 > > $ dpkg -l mksh > ... > ii mksh 40.2-2 MirBSD Korn Shell > > HTH, > Stefano > This approach with 'env COLUMNS=1 git ...' looks nicer, and works when invoked directly, but doesn't work when run under the test harness, because bin-wrappers/git uses !/bin/sh, which resets COLUMNS. So this simpler approach doesn't look feasible. Zbyszek -- 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