tests: avoid test failure on Solaris 10 due to lack of PATH export

[pspp] / tests / test-update-copyright.sh

diff --git a/tests/test-update-copyright.sh b/tests/test-update-copyright.sh
index 362f9e24cf874e09aba5379f3c698ee891316a81..ea700c902b8be30f9de761f32db81316db5b6143 100755 (executable)
--- a/tests/test-update-copyright.sh
+++ b/tests/test-update-copyright.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ else
   compare() { cmp "$@"; }
 fi
 
+# Ensure the update-copyright program gets found.
+PATH=$abs_aux_dir:$PATH
+export PATH
+
 TMP_BASE=update-copyright.test
 trap 'rm -f $TMP_BASE*' 0 1 2 3 15
 
@@ -47,6 +51,17 @@ echo a > $TMP-in
     exit 77
   }
 
+# Skip this test if Perl is too old.  FIXME: 5.8.0 is just a guess.
+# We have a report that 5.6.1 is inadequate and that 5.8.0 works.
+perl -e 'require 5.8.0' || {
+  echo '$0: skipping this test; Perl version is too old' 1>&2
+  exit 77
+}
+
+# Do not let a different envvar setting perturb results.
+UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_MAX_LINE_LENGTH=72
+export UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_MAX_LINE_LENGTH
+
 ## ----------------------------- ##
 ## Examples from documentation.  ##
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