tests: simpler workaround for shells losing the exit status in exit trap

[platform/upstream/automake.git] / t / README

diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
index 43f7b71..a862924 100644 (file)
--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ Writing test cases
   changes the test by adding a failing command after the last command,
   the test will spuriously fail because '$?' is nonzero at the end.
   Note that this is relevant even if the errexit shell flag is on, in
   changes the test by adding a failing command after the last command,
   the test will spuriously fail because '$?' is nonzero at the end.
   Note that this is relevant even if the errexit shell flag is on, in

-  case the test contains commands like "grep ... Makefile.in && Exit 1"
+  case the test contains commands like "grep ... Makefile.in && exit 1"

   (and there are indeed a lot of such tests).
 
 * Use $ACLOCAL, $AUTOMAKE, $AUTOCONF, $AUTOUPDATE, $AUTOHEADER,
   (and there are indeed a lot of such tests).
 
 * Use $ACLOCAL, $AUTOMAKE, $AUTOCONF, $AUTOUPDATE, $AUTOHEADER,


@@ -216,9 +216,6 @@ Writing test cases
   likely to fail, display its output even in the failure case, before
   exiting.
 
   likely to fail, display its output even in the failure case, before
   exiting.
 

-* Use 'Exit' rather than 'exit' to abort for leave early from a test
-  case.
-

 * Use '$PATH_SEPARATOR', not hard-coded ':', as the separator of
   PATH's entries.
 
 * Use '$PATH_SEPARATOR', not hard-coded ':', as the separator of
   PATH's entries.
 


@@ -283,7 +280,7 @@ Writing test cases
   generated configure scripts do not ensure they will find a truly POSIX
   shell (even though they will prefer and use it *if* it's found).
 
   generated configure scripts do not ensure they will find a truly POSIX
   shell (even though they will prefer and use it *if* it's found).
 

-* Do not test an Automake error with "$AUTOMAKE && Exit 1", or in three
+* Do not test an Automake error with "$AUTOMAKE && exit 1", or in three

   years we'll discover that this test failed for some other bogus reason.
   This happened many times.  Better use something like
 
   years we'll discover that this test failed for some other bogus reason.
   This happened many times.  Better use something like