X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=test%2Ftest-lib.sh;h=8f39aa78f3a7ce7a290f71287e434f5ce79481b8;hb=3fe90a955e21bc6825e3d9b7ffaba31e1c3d0c8b;hp=d9bb2541bdc907c877162628befc51de1ccc091b;hpb=a8aa437bbcd9df6ba739ddd4d0ba402d65847d01;p=notmuch

diff --git a/test/test-lib.sh b/test/test-lib.sh
index d9bb2541..8f39aa78 100644
--- a/test/test-lib.sh
+++ b/test/test-lib.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ .
 
+if [ ${BASH_VERSINFO[0]} -lt 4 ]; then
+    echo "Error: The notmuch test suite requires a bash version >= 4.0"
+    echo "due to use of associative arrays within the test suite."
+    echo "Please try again with a newer bash (or help us fix the"
+    echo "test suite to be more portable). Thanks."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 # if --tee was passed, write the output not only to the terminal, but
 # additionally to the file test-results/$BASENAME.out, too.
 case "$GIT_TEST_TEE_STARTED, $* " in
@@ -844,7 +852,8 @@ rm -fr "$test" || {
 }
 
 MAIL_DIR="${TMP_DIRECTORY}/mail"
-export NOTMUCH_CONFIG="${TMP_DIRECTORY}/notmuch-config"
+export HOME="${TMP_DIRECTORY}"
+export NOTMUCH_CONFIG="${HOME}/notmuch-config"
 
 mkdir -p "${test}"
 mkdir -p "${MAIL_DIR}"