Hi,

I tried make test on linux and I got errors about "command not found". I figured out, when /usr/bin/time is not present, the script fails completely.

How-To-Repeat:

$ mv /usr/bin/time /usr/bin/time- $ ./mysql-test-run --force Installing Test Databases Removing Stale Files Installing Master Databases running ../sql/mysqld --no-defaults --bootstrap --skip-grant-tables
--basedir=. --datadir=./var/master-data --skip-innodb --skip-bdb
--language=../sql/share/english/ 020830 13:44:16 ../sql/mysqld: Shutdown Complete

Installing Slave Databases running ../sql/mysqld --no-defaults --bootstrap --skip-grant-tables
--basedir=. --datadir=./var/slave-data --skip-innodb --skip-bdb
--language=../sql/share/english/ 020830 13:44:17 ../sql/mysqld: Shutdown Complete

Manager disabled, skipping manager start. Starting MySQL daemon Loading Standard Test Databases Starting Tests

TEST USER SYSTEM ELAPSED RESULT

------------------------------------------------------------------------ alias .... .... .... [ fail ]

./mysql-test-run.ori: line 1: which:: command not found

Ending Tests Shutting-down MySQL daemon [...]

I suggest to add to mysql-test-run something like

if [ -z $TIME ] ; then echo "Cannot find program time using 'which time' command! Exiting!" exit 1 #echo "Cannot find program time using 'which time' command!" #echo "ls -la /usr/bin/time" #ls -la /usr/bin/time #echo "Setting blindly \$TIME = \"time\"" #TIME=time fi

I'm a bit fooled by the situation on our linux boxes:

$ /usr/bin/which time $ /usr/bin/which /usr/bin/time /usr/bin/time $

However, it seems even when which returns no output, your which() function in the script performs well. Because of that I propose the if loop as above with the second part commented out. ;)