Re: TEST_NT hack and OpenBSD

[Sam S. <sd...@gn...>]

Hi Bruno,

> * Bruno Haible <oe...@py...t> [2017-03-11 02:44:54 +0100]:
>
> 1) 'test file1 -nt -file2' is not standardized by POSIX [1], therefore better
>    not rely on it.

this is a common korn shell extension.

> 2) I don't see anything that uses it.

without it module recompile requires `rm -rf` of the module dir, see
makemake.in:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
  if [ "@TEST_NT@" = no ]; then # re-making a module requires rm -rf module
    newer(){ echo 'test -f $$m/'$1' -a '"'!'"' -f $@/'$2; }
  else # re-making a module just works
    newer(){ echo 'test -f $$m/'$1' -a $$m/'$1' -nt $@/'$2; }
  fi
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---


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