Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 13:59:00 -0500
Message-Id: <199901081859.NAA02941@envy.delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.3.93.990108195028.5351C-100000@acp3bf> (message from
	Hans-Bernhard Broeker on Fri, 8 Jan 1999 19:54:42 +0100 (MET))
Subject: Re: shell utils 1.16 question
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Reply-To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com


> I, for example, would object to such a modification. Instead, we should
> (and do) provide a patched autoconf that uses 'test -x' when searching for
> executables (it should do that anyhow, IMHO, not only for DOS), and get
> into the habit of recreating 'configure' scripts before using them. 

I think a suitable compromise would be to allow -f to detect foo.exe,
but when it does, print a warning: "Warning: test -f foo assumed you
wanted foo.exe".