"type"? That's probably better than using "which", but sounds quite wrong. Why not add Makefile target that the shell scripts depend on to see if necessary tools are available and let the builder know if they are not? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html