* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_TEST_PREPARE): Fix comment.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8defaf67e30b1289c685c2f35b0cab46e9d4a25e..2fac3985fa1dba5623a03b2bbf7c0b821fc109bb 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-12-17  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
+
+       * lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_TEST_PREPARE): Fix comment.
+
 2004-12-17  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
 
        * lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_LIBOBJ): We can use AC_SUBST/2,

diff --git a/lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 b/lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4
index 913673ee87c6d650d54fecc473bde4472799032c..2708caa129f462321140deb2d1122f8dd3946145 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4
+++ b/lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4
@@ -866,11 +866,11 @@ m4_define([AS_MKDIR_P],
 
 # _AS_TEST_PREPARE
 # ----------------
-# Find out ahead of time whether we want test -x (preferred) or test -f
-# to check whether a file is executable.
+# Find out ahead of time whether ``test -x'' can be used to distinguish
+# executables from other regular files.
 m4_defun([_AS_TEST_PREPARE],
-[# Find out how to test for executable files. Don't use a zero-byte file,
-# as systems may use methods other than mode bits to determine executability.
+[# Find out whether ``test -x'' works.  Don't use a zero-byte file, as
+# systems may use methods other than mode bits to determine executability.
 cat >conf$$.file <<_ASEOF
 #! /bin/sh
 exit 0