RE: configure vs. autoconf and autoheader

BS> Test -n is string comparison. To check for executables, it needs to be
BS> "test -x".
BS>
BS> I tried this in a short script. Using "-n", no matter what I called
BS> "autoconf" eg. "autoqosrei8", it "found" it. When I changed it to "-x",
it
BS> performed as I would expect it to perform.
BS>
BS> What's going on???

MF>If I were to guess I'd say that the point is to let you run configure in
MF>preparation for the future time when you get to install autoconf, and
then
MF>you should be able to name autoconf whatever you wish.

MF>I suppose that the value of $as_executable_p might contain an -x as that
seems
MF>to be the place where they search among installed binaries.

....but I've GOT autoconf. Why doesn't it believe me...or itself?

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