# Check that the only difference is the top dir.
WVFAIL $TOP/t/compare-trees -c src/var/ src-restore/ > tmp-compare-trees
WVPASSEQ $(cat tmp-compare-trees | wc -l) 1
- # Note: OS X rsync itemize output is currently only 9 chars, not 11.
- expected_diff_rx='^\.d\.\.t.\.\.\.\.?\.? \./$'
+ # The number of rsync status characters varies, so accept any
+ # number of trailing dots. For example OS X native rsync produces
+ # 9, but Homebrew's produces 12, while on other platforms, 11 is
+ # common.
+ expected_diff_rx='^\.d\.\.t\.\.\.(\.)+ \./$'
if ! grep -qE "$expected_diff_rx" tmp-compare-trees; then
echo -n 'tmp-compare-trees: ' 1>&2
cat tmp-compare-trees 1>&2