Hi, On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 04:21:44AM +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > How about portability of "test -d" being applied to "special > files" (char/block device files, pipes/sockets, soft/hard links to > directories/files etc.)? so the question is: If I change AS_EXECUTABLE_P the proposed way, it may succeed on executable special file (fifo, device file, etc.) does it mind? Wdyt? Regarding symlinks, we currently rely on the fact that `test -f' succeeds on a symlink to a regular file. So I see no problem if we start to rely on the fact that `test -d' fails on that symlink. Have a nice day, Stepan _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf