Re: Texinfo 7.1.90 on Solaris 11 OmniOS

[Patrice Dumas]

On Sun, Oct 27, 2024 at 11:32:18PM +0100, Bruno Haible via Bug reports for the 
GNU Texinfo documentation system wrote:
> Gavin Smith wrote:
> > This appears to be a similar error to
> > that which you reported earlier for Solaris 11 OmniOS for an earlier
> > version of the code, Texinfo pretest 7.1.0.90, with an extra "0" file
> > being created:
> > 
> > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2024-06/msg00027.html
> > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2024-06/msg00028.html
> > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2024-06/msg00044.html
> 
> Oh, right. I had written that I reproduced it locally and that it was
> a /bin/sh bug [1].
> 
> This time, I can't reproduce it locally (with or without
> CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash). I would propose:
>   - either the workaround/fix that Patrice had proposed [2],

I remember that Gavin was opposed.  I still think that having a way to
customize the shell could be relevant independentely of this issue, but
I'll let Gavin decide.

>   - or to drop Solaris 11 OmniOS from the CI. (We still have Solaris 11.4
>     running.)

And there is also the opencsw build farm CI, which is, in my opinion,
even more interesting as it tests older setups than the Solaris 11.4
in the CI:
https://buildfarm.opencsw.org/buildbot/waterfall?category=texinfo 

If we drop omnios from the platforms that are run, I think that it would
be better to leave it in the file and retest from time to time.

-- 
Pat