testsuite: uniformly use $ECHO with -n -e

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/testsuite/runtest b/testsuite/runtest
index 624de8fde..cade871a2 100755
--- a/testsuite/runtest
+++ b/testsuite/runtest
@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@
 # Usage:
 # runtest [applet1] [applet2...]
 
+# Helper for helpers. Oh my...
+test x"$ECHO" != x"" || {
+        ECHO="echo"
+        test x"`echo -ne`" = x"" || {
+                # Compile and use a replacement 'echo' which understands -e -n
+                ECHO="$PWD/echo-ne"
+                test -x "$ECHO" || {
+                        gcc -Os -o "$ECHO" ../scripts/echo.c || exit 1
+                }
+        }
+        export ECHO
+}
+
 # Run one old-style test.
 # Tests are stored in applet/testcase shell scripts.
 # They are run using "sh -x -e applet/testcase".