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Re: [bug-inetutils] [PATCH] Use `test -e' instead of `test -r' when test
From: |
Guillem Jover |
Subject: |
Re: [bug-inetutils] [PATCH] Use `test -e' instead of `test -r' when testing paths |
Date: |
Sun, 6 Dec 2009 07:26:51 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) |
On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 06:27:23 -0500, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
> While testing paths, ./configure uses test -r to check for those who
> are not provided by system headers. However, this does not work for
> root-only files. On hurd-i386 for instance, /dev/klog is only root
> readable, so the test fails, and thus inetutils-syslogd doesn't fill
> /dev/kern.log. ./configure should use test -e instead.
>
> Good to go, do you have push rights, and copyright assignments?
No and yes.
thanks,
guillem