Re: Testing wanted: OpenSSH 4.8

On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 21:48:26 +0200, Roumen Petrov wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > On Mar 15 09:23, Damien Miller wrote:
> >> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Tim Rice wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Damien Miller wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Either way, please try this diff:
> >>>> - *) PLINK=`which ${TEST_SSH_PLINK}` ;;
> >>>> + *) PLINK=`which ${TEST_SSH_PLINK} 2>/dev/null` ;;
> >>> You can not expect which to be on all platforms.
> >> We already use `which` for determining an absolute path to sshd in
> >> test-exec.sh. Do you have an alternative?
> >
> > Shouldn't all POSIX compliant shells understand `type -p <cmd>'?
> >
> >
> > Corinna
> >
>
>
> in ksh:
> $ type -p ssh
> ssh is a tracked alias for /usr/bin/ssh
>
> in ash:
> $ type -p ssh
> -p: not found
> ssh is /usr/bin/ssh
>
>
> If "which" is problem on some platforms may be "command -v" work on them ?
>
> Roumen

Of the platforms I have access to, it looks like 'command -v' would
work. For example, Solaris and AIX have a /bin/command shell script that
does the right thing. Of course, there may still be OS's out there where
'command -v' does not work.

--
Iain Morgan
_______________________________________________
openssh-unix-dev mailing list
openssh-unix-dev@mindrot.org
https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/li...enssh-unix-dev