Re: [HACKERS] pgsql: Use strip -x on OS/X-darwinbecause non-"-x" causes link

"Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> writes:

> Hmm, this doesn't seem to work for me:
>
> $ if test expr "`uname -a`" : 'Darwin' -ne 0
>> then stripprog="${STRIPPROG-strip -x}"
>> else stripprog="${STRIPPROG-strip}"
>> fi
> -bash: test: too many arguments

No, "test" and "expr" are separate programs.

The above would be

if test "$(expr "$(uname -a)" : Darwin)" -ne 0 ; then
...

Except the "test" invocation is entirely redundant, expr is already intended
to be used as the program for an if condition. You can just do:

if expr "`uname -a`" : Darwin >/dev/null ; then
...

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