lock_file.c: close(2) file descriptor on failure, avoiding leak.

[nmh] / test / README

diff --git a/test/README b/test/README
index 1932cd7639eac2627d6816c69f70758b985735ab..e9dae928a1f1a9b0b31419fc0255c51f476f33d6 100644 (file)
--- a/test/README
+++ b/test/README
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ in the test scripts.  In particular:
 - Avoid depending on the exact format of output from system (non-nmh)
   programs.
 
+- Use octal instead of hex (\x) bytes in printf(1) formats, because hex
+  is not supported by POSIX printf.
+
 The Heirloom Bourne Shell, http://heirloom.sourceforge.net/sh.html,
 catches many non-portable shell constructs, such as $(), $(()), !, and
 assignment in export statements.