Re: 2.53b on BeOS, 7 failures

[Brian Francis]

> Following up on Akim's message about 'expr', it does appear
> that your BeOS 'expr' seems to be busted.  Which expr is it?

v2.0


>
> Can you please try the following to help debug this?
> I enclose the answers that I got on my box.
>
> $ LC_ALL=C
> $ export LC_ALL
> $ expr X//1/3/// : 'X\(.*[^/]\)//*[^/][^/]*/*$'
> //1
> $ expr X//1/3/// : 'X\(.*[^/]\)/'
> //1/3
> $ expr X//1/3/// : 'X\(.*[^/]\)'
> //1/3
> $ expr X/ : 'X\(.*[^/]\)'
>
> $ expr XY/ : 'X\(.*[^/]\)'
> Y
> $ expr --version
> expr (GNU sh-utils) 2.0
> Written by Mike Parker.
>
> Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There
> is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
> PURPOSE.
> $ type expr
> expr is hashed (/usr/bin/expr)


508 /boot/home/develop/autoconf-2.53b/tests/testsuite.dir/012>expr --
version
expr (GNU sh-utils) 2.0
Written by Mike Parker.

Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
509 /boot/home/develop/autoconf-2.53b/tests/testsuite.dir/012>LC_ALL=C
510 /boot/home/develop/autoconf-2.53b/tests/testsuite.dir/012>export
LC_ALL
511 /boot/home/develop/autoconf-2.53b/tests/testsuite.dir/012>expr X//1
/3/// : 'X\(.*[^/]\)//*[^/][^/]*/*$'
//1/3/
512 /boot/home/develop/autoconf-2.53b/tests/testsuite.dir/012>expr X//1
/3/// : 'X\(.*[^/]\)/'
//1/3//
513 /boot/home/develop/autoconf-2.53b/tests/testsuite.dir/012>expr X//1
/3/// : 'X\(.*[^/]\)'
//1/3///
514 /boot/home/develop/autoconf-2.53b/tests/testsuite.dir/012>expr X/ :
'X\(.*[^/]\)'
/
515 /boot/home/develop/autoconf-2.53b/tests/testsuite.dir/012>expr XY/
: 'X\(.*[^/]\)'
Y/
516 /boot/home/develop/autoconf-2.53b/tests/testsuite.dir/012>type expr
expr is hashed (/bin/expr)


Regards,
Brian