Re: [RCS 5.9.3 on MacOS/X] test t805 fails

() Thien-Thi Nguyen <[email protected]>
() Fri, 07 Nov 2014 07:28:45 +0100

   replace the command completely

Does this work for you?

--- a/tests/t805
+++ b/tests/t805
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         || problem "incorrect initial size: $size (expected 4)"
     # Check in second revision (1.2), size $n bytes.
     # Note, adding "-f" to the ci command prevents the bug.
-    yes | head -${n}c > $w
+    printf "%${n}s" '' > $w
     ci -m"blafasel" -l $w
     cp -f $w $w.$n
     cp -f $v $v.$n

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