> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:57:44 +0100
> From: Stepan Kasal <kasal@xxxxxx>
> Cc: ebb9@xxxxxxx, autoconf@xxxxxxx, bug-texinfo@xxxxxxx
>
> If there was a named pipe /tmp/foo with an executable bit set, the test
> could misclasify it as an executable file.
Thanks for the explanations.
FWIW, I don't regard this as ``misclasification'', since the named
pipe does, indeed, have its executable bit set.
> > So what _are_ you suggesting for AS_EXECUTABLE_P to do?
>
> I'm happy with the current code. (Part of it is my work. :-)
> It does `test -f $1 && test -x $1' on most platforms.
Would changing it to
test -f $1 || test -x $1
leave you and others happy?
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