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From: "Mark E." <melbrecht1 AT ibm DOT net>
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 10:51:17 -0500
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Subject: Re: shell utils 1.16 question
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> The right way to fix this is to change Autoconf so that the generated
> scripts automatically work correctly on DOS and Windows.

Right.
>Since "test -x"
> cannot be used unconditionally (some old shells don't support it), one
> way that works is this:
> 
>     if test -n "$COMSPEC$ComSpec"; then ac_x=-x; else ac_x=-f; fi
> 
> (the ComSpec part is for NT) and subsequently use "test $ac_x" instead
> of "test -f".
> 

I proposed testing $COMSPEC to the autoconf mailing list before 
my e-mail outage, but this solution was also rejected in the mail I 
read a few minutes. If I hadn't already deleted the e-mail with the 
reason, I could have quoted the reason here, but I do remember it 
saying something like the solution not being in the spirit of 
autoconf. 

Mark