>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> From: Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 18:44:45 +0200 Clint> if [ -f $src -o -d $src ] Clint> This is not strictly POSIX-conformant. >> >> Damn! Are they removing things between revisions? Paul> No, this conformance issue has been in the standard for a decade. The Paul> problem is that different versions of the "test" command assign Paul> different priorities to the -o and -a operators, so they're not Paul> portable (and POSIX does not standardize them). This issue is covered Paul> in the Autoconf manual. I don't get it. The issue that you and the Autoconf manual describe is that `-a' and `-o' cannot be used *together*. What Clint suggests (and your patch does) is to never use `-a' or `-o' *alone*; this makes quite a difference to me. It would be worth to document this if this really is a portability issue. [...] -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz
