Re: [PATCH] if ! is not portable

Sander Striker wrote:
> I would suggest:
>
> if [ ! cmp -s ./ac-helpers/find_apr.m4 ./apr/build/find_apr.m4 ]; then
>
> instead.

Except this passes cmp -s .... to test, which doesn't execute cmp.

On Solaris, this script

        #!/bin/sh

        if [ ! false ]; then
          echo 1 True
        fi

        if false; then
          :
        else
          echo 2 True
        fi

only prints "2 True".

Best,
Blair

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Received on Sat Oct 21 14:37:06 2006