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-rw-r--r--tests/scripts/variables/SHELL12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tests/scripts/variables/SHELL b/tests/scripts/variables/SHELL
index 4c73890..1d01ba3 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/variables/SHELL
+++ b/tests/scripts/variables/SHELL
@@ -71,12 +71,20 @@ all: ; \@$script
'', $out);
# Do it again but add spaces to SHELLFLAGS
-$flags = '-x -c';
-run_make_test(qq!
+
+# Some shells (*shakes fist at Solaris*) cannot handle multiple flags in
+# separate arguments.
+my $t = `/bin/sh -e -c true 2>/dev/null`;
+my $multi_ok = $? == 0;
+
+if ($multi_ok) {
+ $flags = '-x -c';
+ run_make_test(qq!
.SHELLFLAGS = $flags
all: ; \@$script
!,
'', $out);
+}
# We can't just use "false" because on different systems it provides a
# different exit code--once again Solaris: false exits with 255 not 1