On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 07:35:52PM +0200, Akim Demaille wrote:
: | BTW, is the "-ef" option to ``test'' portable? If not, that part could
: | be stripped out.
:
: See the documentation of Autoconf :)
:
: @item @command{test} (files)
: To enable @code{configure} scripts to support
: cross-compilation, they shouldn't do anything that tests
: features of the build system instead of the host system. But
: occasionally you may find it necessary to check whether some
: arbitrary file exists. To do so, use @samp{test -f} or
: @samp{test -r}. Do not use @samp{test -x}, because
: @sc{4.3bsd} does not have it. Do not use @samp{test -e}
: either, because Solaris 2.5 does not have it.
Note that the above described "-e" option is a completely different option
from the "-ef" option. When finding the exeext, I also believe it is
unproblematic to do so on the build system, regardless of whether you
cross-compile or not... The question still remains; is the "-ef" option
universally supported?
Lars J
