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-rw-r--r--functions/rc.sh25
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/functions/rc.sh b/functions/rc.sh
index 0c14035..4eff3c8 100644
--- a/functions/rc.sh
+++ b/functions/rc.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-# shellcheck shell=sh disable=3043
+# shellcheck shell=sh disable=3013,3043
# This file contains alternative implementations for some of the functions and
# utilities provided by OpenRC. Please refer to ../functions.sh for coding
@@ -205,9 +205,13 @@ get_bootparam()
# Takes the first parameter as a reference file/directory then determines
# whether any of the following parameters refer to newer files/directories.
#
+# The test utility is required to support the -nt primary, per POSIX-1.2024.
+# However, measures are in place to to achieve compatibility with shells that
+# implement the primary without yet fully adhering to the specification.
+#
is_older_than()
{
- local ref
+ local path ref
if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then
warn "is_older_than: too few arguments (got $#, expected at least 1)"
@@ -218,9 +222,20 @@ is_older_than()
ref=
fi
shift
- { test "$#" -gt 0 && printf '%s\0' "$@"; } \
- | _find0 -L ${ref:+-newermm} ${ref:+"${ref}"} -printf '\n' -quit \
- | read -r _
+ for path; do
+ # The first branch addresses a conformance issue whereby
+ # [ existent -nt nonexistent ] is incorrectly false. As of
+ # August 2024, busybox ash, dash, FreeBSD sh and NetBSD sh are
+ # known to be non-conforming in this respect.
+ if [ ! "${ref}" ] && [ -e "${path}" ]; then
+ return
+ elif [ "${path}" -nt "${ref}" ]; then
+ return
+ elif [ -d "${path}" ] && is_older_than "${ref}" "${path}"/*; then
+ return
+ fi
+ done
+ false
}
#