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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at
+# your option) any later version.
+#
+# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+
+
+# Test that running "guile --use-srfi=17" leaves the interactive REPL with
+# the srfi-17 version of car.
+#
+# In guile 1.8.1 and earlier, and 1.6.8 and earlier, this failed because in
+# `top-repl' the core bindings got ahead of anything --use-srfi gave.
+#
+
+guile --use-srfi=17 <<EOF
+(if (procedure-with-setter? car)
+    (exit 0)   ;; good
+    (exit 1))  ;; bad
+EOF