Keep a count of bytes read rather than comparing pointers since the
variable_buffer might get reallocated.
Bug and patch by Ken Tossell <ken@tossell.net>
Regression tests by Dmitry Goncharov <dgoncharov@users.sf.net>
Tweaked by Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>
* src/function.c (func_file): Use bytes read rather than a pointer.
* tests/scripts/functions/file: Provide various tests for reading
empty files, files with/without newlines, and large files.
* tests/thelp.pl: Rename from tests/jhelp.pl.
(op): Use names instead of options for the operations.
(op): Add new operations for sleep, mkdir, and rm.
(op): Enhance wait to time out
* tests/run_make_tests.pl: Add a new #HELPER# replacement
(subst_make_string): Use fully-qualified path to thelp.pl
* tests/scripts/features/parallelism: Update to use thelp.pl
and the new named operations. Use thelp.pl sleep instead of
system-specific sleep commands.
* tests/scripts/features/output-sync: Update to use thelp.pl
instead of complex shell scripts.
* Makefile.am: Distribute tests/thelp.pl instead of tests/jhelp.pl
