Try to use /usr/bin/test or /bin/test to work around missing features.
The builtin "test" of Solaris 8 /bin/sh doesn't understand -nt.
diff -r acd8075edac9 b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/b
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+123
diff -r acd8075edac9 b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/b
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+123
diff -r acd8075edac9 a
--- a/a
+++ b/a
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+foo
diff -r acd8075edac9 b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/b
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+123