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lib/path/tests: Fix property tests when "-n" is generated #210042

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When "-n" is generated by the property tests, it causes echo to not output the string since it's interpreted as an option. Apparently there's no good way to print "-n" with echo, so switching to printf instead

Thanks to @vcunat for reporting the original failure in the PR that introduced it

I love this, while the property tests didn't detect a mistake in the code implementation, they did detect a mistake in the test implementation!

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  • Successfully ran lib/path/tests/prop.sh 13110

When "-n" is generated by the property tests, it causes `echo` to not
output the string since it's interpreted as an option. Apparently
there's no good way to print "-n" with `echo` [1], so switching to
`printf` instead

[1]: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/85846/how-can-i-print-n-with-echo
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@infinisil infinisil merged commit 80a68f8 into NixOS:master Jan 10, 2023
@infinisil infinisil deleted the lib.path-tests-fix branch January 10, 2023 14:52
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You should use -- to mark the end of options to printf, otherwise dashes will be interpreted as options, which amounts to roughly the same problem as before.

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vcunat commented Jan 10, 2023

I don't think so, from docs or test

$ printf %s --help
--help

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