release: rc-1.7.1

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/trip.rc b/trip.rc
index 8eb4c09..734429c 100644
--- a/trip.rc
+++ b/trip.rc
@@ -587,14 +587,10 @@ fn x {echo x.y $(x.y)}
 ~ ``''{whatis -f x} 'fn x {echo x.y $''x.y''}
 ' || fail sneaky parens bug
 
-# large file support
-
-# this is, by no means, an exhaustive test.  since particular file
-# systems do, or do not, support large files, we try it both in the
-# build directory and /tmp.
-
-if (./tripping l > big.$pid >[2] /dev/null ||
-	./tripping l > /tmp/big.$pid >[2] /dev/null) {
-		echo large file support seems to work
-} else echo large file support seems NOT to work - see INSTALL file
-rm -f big.$pid /tmp/big.$pid
+# 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 }