Keith Marshall <keith.d.marshall@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > While MSYS strives to provide a Unixy > shell, it has to work within the limitations of the underlying Win32 > OS, and that means the ability to identify a file as executable must > rely on the file name extension, with the one exception of shebanged > script files. If shebanged scripts are an exception, why can't there be others? > if test -x / >/dev/null 2>&1; then > as_test_x='test -x' > else > # do something frighteningly complicated and barely comprehensible > # (my comment, not in actual code)... > > 1) Tests for accessibility to search within the root directory, and has > nothing to do with executability of files; But as_test_x is intended to mimic test -x. Since 'test -x' succeeds on searchable directories, as_test_x should too. > would the initialisation of as_test_x > not be better deferred, to within the actual code invoked by AC_PROG_CC But macros other than AC_PROG_CC need as_test_x. The "as_*" prefix is a hint that this is not an Autoconf feature; it's used by non-Autoconf code. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
