On 04/27/2012 06:08 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'd hate to say this, but that shell is broken. Yes. >> 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? Yes. > Will queue; thanks. Cool. 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