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.
#!/bin/sh
hg init
touch a.o
touch a.c
touch syntax
mkdir dir
touch dir/a.o
touch dir/b.o
touch dir/c.o
hg add dir/a.o
hg commit -m 0
hg add dir/b.o
echo "--" ; hg status
echo "*.o" > .hgignore
echo "--" ; hg status 2>&1 | sed -e 's/abort: .*\.hgignore:/abort: .hgignore:/'
echo ".*\.o" > .hgignore
echo "--" ; hg status
# XXX: broken
#echo "glob:**.o" > .hgignore
#echo "--" ; hg status
#
#echo "glob:*.o" > .hgignore
#echo "--" ; hg status
echo "syntax: invalid" > .hgignore
echo "--" ; hg status 2>&1 | sed -e 's/.*\.hgignore:/.hgignore:/'
echo "syntax: glob" > .hgignore
echo "*.o" >> .hgignore
echo "--" ; hg status
echo "relglob:syntax*" > .hgignore
echo "--" ; hg status
echo "relglob:*" > .hgignore
echo "--" ; hg status
cd dir
echo "--" ; hg status .