On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 6:28 PM Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 05:43:55PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 5:15 PM Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 4:32 PM Jeffrey Walton <noloader@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I enabled self tests for Solaris. Solaris has some anemic utilities so > > > > I put /usr/gnu/bin first on-path. > > > > > > The first question is if you are really running GNU 'sed'? My guess is > > > "no, it's still picking up Solaris's 'sed'". > > > > I believe so. After modifying PATH, command -v returns: > > > > Solaris tools: > > sed: /usr/gnu/bin/sed > > awk: /usr/gnu/bin/awk > > grep: /usr/gnu/bin/grep > > > > (This was added to my scripts to confirm). > ... > > > Maybe Git would benefit from SED, AWK and GREP variables like PERL. > > Very possibly. Another potential workaround is to use Perl. Perl is already a prerequisite, it get passed to the test gear through PERL_PATH, and it avoids Solaris' anemic tools. Sadly my Perl sucks. You would be disappointed if I tried to whip up a patch. Jeff
