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Re: [FYI] {master} maint: assume 'test -x' is portable
From: |
Harlan Stenn |
Subject: |
Re: [FYI] {master} maint: assume 'test -x' is portable |
Date: |
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:49:00 -0800 |
Eric wrote:
> The autoconf manual still recommends:
>
> Do not use @samp{test -x}, because 4.3BSD does not
> have it.
>
> Is this still an issue? Or should we be updating the autoconf manual?
I remember this biting me within the last ~4 years' time.
I don't know if it's still an issue or not, though, as we might have
places in our codebase where 'test -x' may have crept back in since
then.
If there is an easy way to test for it, I'd rather there was something
like an AC_SANITY macro that would test for these ancient cases and
squawk if the running system botched them.
H