(AC_SYS_LONG_FILE_NAMES): Don't test for existence

of $ac_xdir.  Not only is `test -e' not portable, but the test isn't
necessary at all;  the following mkdir ends up accomplishing the
same goal.  Suggestion from Alexandre Oliva.

diff --git a/acspecific.m4 b/acspecific.m4
index 92edc1a90cfa409195245c239c231e343dcface4..028f33102792f20c8659934440f3d14e026976be 100644 (file)
--- a/acspecific.m4
+++ b/acspecific.m4
@@ -3038,7 +3038,6 @@ for ac_dir in  . $ac_tmpdirs `eval echo $prefix/lib $exec_prefix/lib` ; do
   test -d $ac_dir || continue
   test -w $ac_dir || continue # It is less confusing to not echo anything here.
   ac_xdir=$ac_dir/cf$$
-  test -e $ac_xdir && continue
   (umask 077 && mkdir $ac_xdir 2>/dev/null) || continue
   ac_tf1=$ac_xdir/conftest9012345
   ac_tf2=$ac_xdir/conftest9012346

diff --git a/lib/autoconf/specific.m4 b/lib/autoconf/specific.m4
index 92edc1a90cfa409195245c239c231e343dcface4..028f33102792f20c8659934440f3d14e026976be 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/autoconf/specific.m4
+++ b/lib/autoconf/specific.m4
@@ -3038,7 +3038,6 @@ for ac_dir in  . $ac_tmpdirs `eval echo $prefix/lib $exec_prefix/lib` ; do
   test -d $ac_dir || continue
   test -w $ac_dir || continue # It is less confusing to not echo anything here.
   ac_xdir=$ac_dir/cf$$
-  test -e $ac_xdir && continue
   (umask 077 && mkdir $ac_xdir 2>/dev/null) || continue
   ac_tf1=$ac_xdir/conftest9012345
   ac_tf2=$ac_xdir/conftest9012346