Bug: fix globbing of broken symlinks.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/trip.rc b/trip.rc
index 8eb4c09..9b4dd13 100644
--- a/trip.rc
+++ b/trip.rc
@@ -587,6 +587,14 @@ fn x {echo x.y $(x.y)}
 ~ ``''{whatis -f x} 'fn x {echo x.y $''x.y''}
 ' || fail sneaky parens bug
 
+# before rc-1.7.1, certain glob patterns could fail on broken symlinks
+mkdir $tmp.qux
+ln -s /frobnatz $tmp.qux/foo
+x=$tmp.qux/foo*
+~ $x $tmp.qux/foo || { rm -rf $tmp.qux; fail broken symlink globbing }
+x=$tmp.qux*/foo
+~ $x $tmp.qux/foo || { rm -rf $tmp.qux; fail broken symlink globbing }
+
 # large file support
 
 # this is, by no means, an exhaustive test.  since particular file