Hi Peff, On Sun, 30 Jun 2019, Jeff King wrote: > On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 10:59:34PM +0200, Johannes Sixt wrote: > > > Am 30.06.19 um 21:48 schrieb Eric Sunshine: > > > On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 2:57 PM Johannes Sixt <j6t@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> diff --git a/t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh b/t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh > > >> @@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ test_expect_success 'repack with minimum size does not alter existing packs' ' > > >> - MINSIZE=$(ls -l .git/objects/pack/*pack | awk "{print \$5;}" | sort -n | head -n 1) && > > >> + MINSIZE=$(stat -c %s .git/objects/pack/*pack | sort -n | head -n 1) && > > > > > > Unfortunately, this is not portable. While "stat -c %s" works on Linux > > > and MSYS2, neither that option nor the format directive are recognized > > > on BSD-like platforms (I tested Mac OS and FreeBSD), which instead > > > need "stat -f %z". > > > > Ouch! I did notice that stat(1) is not in POSIX, but hoped that it was > > sufficiently portable. I need a new idea... > > If we are OK relying on rudimentary perl[1], then: > > perl -le "print((stat)[7]) for @ARGV" > > works. If you want it more readable, then maybe: > > perl -MFile::stat -le "print stat(\$_)->size for @ARGV" Or we stop introducing new Perl calls, and use the perfectly fine `test-tool path-utils file-size` command: https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.22.0/t/helper/test-path-utils.c#L302-L312 This solves not only portability problems but also avoids yet another obstacle into making a `NO_PERL` test suite run really work without Perl. Ciao, Dscho