Revert "Testsuite: Provide '>>> ' for script input to allow binary data"

[users/heiko/exim.git] / test / runtest

diff --git a/test/runtest b/test/runtest
index 9621e276e2046699bfc3dc33328f8e0ef3587c8f..4972aedd81a9732522e5da72b4aeb7345762c647 100755 (executable)
--- a/test/runtest
+++ b/test/runtest
@@ -2766,9 +2766,8 @@ else { tests_exit(-1, "Command unrecognized in line $lineno: $_"); }
 
 
 # Run the command, with stdin connected to a pipe, and write the stdin data
-# to it, with appropriate substitutions. If a starts with '>>> ', process it
-# via Perl's string eval().
-# If the command contains
+# to it, with appropriate substitutions. If a line ends with \NONL\, chop off
+# the terminating newline (and the \NONL\). If the command contains
 # -DSERVER=server add "-server" to the command, where it will adjoin the name
 # for the stderr file. See comment above about the use of -DSERVER.
 
@@ -2782,8 +2781,7 @@ while (<SCRIPT>)
   $lineno++;
   last if /^\*{4}\s*$/;
   do_substitute($testno);
-  s/^>>>\s(.*)\s*$/$1/ and $_ = eval "\"$1\"";
-  print CMD;
+  if (/^(.*)\\NONL\\\s*$/) { print CMD $1; } else { print CMD; }
   }
 
 # For timeout tests, wait before closing the pipe; we expect a