t0006: skip "far in the future" test when unsigned long is not long enough

diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index bd4b02e9dbf9560cf1285bb6607be83964ecc40a..4595734f957b7f4e6b40f0024a92b46110a8b7c3 100644 (file)
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -907,9 +907,11 @@ yes () {
                y="$*"
        fi
 
-       while echo "$y"
+       i=0
+       while test $i -lt 99
        do
-               :
+               echo "$y"
+               i=$(($i+1))
        done
 }
 
@@ -1096,3 +1098,12 @@ run_with_limited_cmdline () {
 }
 
 test_lazy_prereq CMDLINE_LIMIT 'run_with_limited_cmdline true'
+
+build_option () {
+       git version --build-options |
+       sed -ne "s/^$1: //p"
+}
+
+test_lazy_prereq LONG_IS_64BIT '
+       test 8 -le "$(build_option sizeof-long)"
+'