Testsuite: more robust fix for SHELL vs /bin/sh, take two.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/test/runtest b/test/runtest
index 3e961ca98..dac02779c 100755
--- a/test/runtest
+++ b/test/runtest
@@ -344,6 +344,9 @@ RESET_AFTER_EXTRA_LINE_READ:
   # But convert "name=the.local.host address=127.0.0.1" to use "localhost"
   s/name=the\.local\.host address=127\.0\.0\.1/name=localhost address=127.0.0.1/g;
 
+  # The name of the shell may vary
+  s/\s\Q$parm_shell\E\b/ ENV_SHELL/;
+
   # Replace the path to the testsuite directory
   s?\Q$parm_cwd\E?TESTSUITE?g;
 
@@ -391,9 +394,6 @@ RESET_AFTER_EXTRA_LINE_READ:
   # The message for a non-listening FIFO varies
   s/:[^:]+: while opening named pipe/: Error: while opening named pipe/;
 
-  # The name of the shell may vary
-  s/\s\Q$parm_shell\E\b/ SHELL/;
-
   # Debugging output of lists of hosts may have different sort keys
   s/sort=\S+/sort=xx/ if /^\S+ (?:\d+\.){3}\d+ mx=\S+ sort=\S+/;
 
@@ -2728,9 +2728,6 @@ if ($parm_hostname =~ /[[:upper:]]/)
   print "\n*** Host name has upper case characters: this may cause problems ***\n\n";
   }
 
-# Find the user's shell
-
-$parm_shell = $ENV{'SHELL'};
 
 
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@@ -3051,6 +3048,10 @@ foreach $basedir ("aux-var", "dnszones")
     }
   }
 
+# Set a user's shell, distinguishable from /bin/sh
+
+symlink("/bin/sh","aux-var/sh");
+$ENV{'SHELL'} = $parm_shell = $parm_cwd . "/aux-var/sh";
 
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