From cc6b01a96e5bcdb9ace4f0b47d7daff1ed50452c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacob Bachmeyer <jcb@gnu.org>
Date: Sat, 22 May 2021 22:23:15 -0500
Subject: Add test mode for "dejagnu help" command

---
 ChangeLog                       |  7 +++++++
 commands/help.sh                | 15 +++++++++++++--
 testsuite/launcher.all/help.exp |  8 ++------
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f29b6f3..7daaff9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 	* config.guess: Import patched version; patches sent upstream.
 
+	* commands/help.sh: Add test mode in which man(1) is never
+	actually invoked.  The ability to reference a manpage by absolute
+	file name seems to be unique to Free systems.
+	* testsuite/launcher.all/help.exp: Amend test list to use new
+	testing mode in "dejagnu help" command.  This mode should also
+	work on Solaris, so the logic for skipping the tests is removed.
+
 2021-05-20  Jacob Bachmeyer  <jcb@gnu.org>
 
 	* dejagnu: Search for a POSIX Awk and validate that at least a
diff --git a/commands/help.sh b/commands/help.sh
index 1070ece..b811780 100644
--- a/commands/help.sh
+++ b/commands/help.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@
 
 # This script was written by Jacob Bachmeyer.
 
+# For testing and development
+in_test_mode=false
+if test x"$1" = x--DGTest ; then
+    in_test_mode=true
+    shift
+fi
+
 args=
 command=dejagnu
 verbose=0
@@ -84,7 +91,11 @@ if expr "$verbose" \> 0 > /dev/null ; then
     echo Forwarding to man $args "\"$command\""
 fi
 
-#shellcheck disable=SC2086
-exec man $args "$command"
+if $in_test_mode ; then
+    echo man "$args $command"
+else
+    #shellcheck disable=SC2086
+    exec man $args "$command"
+fi
 
 #EOF
diff --git a/testsuite/launcher.all/help.exp b/testsuite/launcher.all/help.exp
index 8e128f2..3f989f8 100644
--- a/testsuite/launcher.all/help.exp
+++ b/testsuite/launcher.all/help.exp
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
 # each element: { name args envars exit_code output_re... }
 set tests {
     { "dejagnu help selects dejagnu(1) manpage"
-	{help -v} {MANPAGER=echo PAGER=echo} 0
+	{help --DGTest -v} {} 0
 	"Forwarding to man \".*doc/dejagnu\\.1\"" }
     { "dejagnu help help selects dejagnu-help(1) manpage"
-	{help -v help} {MANPAGER=echo PAGER=echo} 0
+	{help --DGTest -v help} {} 0
 	"Forwarding to man \".*doc/dejagnu-help\\.1\"" }
 }
 
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ if { ![file isdirectory [file join [file dirname $LAUNCHER] commands]] } {
     skip_dejagnu_launcher_tests \
 	"The 'commands' directory is not present in the source tree." \
 	unsupported $tests
-} elseif { [istarget *-*-solaris*] } {
-    skip_dejagnu_launcher_tests \
-	"The 'man' command in Solaris does not work in the source tree." \
-	unsupported $tests
 } else {
     run_dejagnu_launcher_tests $LAUNCHER $tests
 }
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