From d0944ee2e8705734c47371f3ec881ce9dae83411 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 13:31:32 -0400
Subject: Solaris /bin/sh can't handle multiple options ("-e -c").

---
 tests/scripts/variables/SHELL | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'tests/scripts/variables')

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
-- 
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