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From: "Mark E." <snowball3 AT usa DOT net>
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 15:41:33 -0500
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Subject: Re: shell utils 1.16 question
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> 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. 
> 
> Let's not break things that don't have to be broken.

It seems to me when we have to recreate configure scripts that 
something is already broken. How about letting "test -f" detect .exe's 
like "test -x" does but only when an environmental variable (e.g. 
F_OPTION_EXE_CHECK) in the [test] section of djgpp.env is set to 'Y'? 
That way I can get the behavour I want with a little extra trouble and the 
default behavour stays the same.

Mark



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