Eric Blake skrev 2012-02-23 23:42:
> On 02/23/2012 02:48 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>> * lib/Makefile.am (installcheck-local): To verify that the installed
>> scripts are actually executable, simply use 'test -x', instead of
>> resorting to perl and its '-x' file operator. Today, 'test -x'
>> should today be portable to any non-museum system. Since we are at
>> it, improve diagnostic in case of failure.
>
> 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?
Hi!
Sorry for the late reply, but this might be relevant. Personally, I wouldn't
classify the below as a working "test -x", but I'm not sure what working is in
this context...
Cheers,
Peter
$ uname -a
MINGW32_NT-6.1 PEDA-PC 1.0.17(0.48/3/2) 2011-04-24 23:39 i686 Msys
$ touch gurka
$ test -x gurka
$ echo $?
1
$ test -x gurka.exe
$ echo $?
1
$ chmod +x gurka
$ test -x gurka
$ echo $?
1
$ test -x gurka.exe
$ echo $?
1
$ rm gurka
$ touch gurka.exe
$ test -x gurka
$ echo $?
0
$ test -x gurka.exe
$ echo $?
0
$ chmod -x gurka.exe
$ test -x gurka
$ echo $?
0
$ test -x gurka.exe
$ echo $?
0
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