Re: is this a bashism?

[john@dhh.gt.org]

Shaleh writes:
> [ -x /usr/bin/update-menus ] && update-menus

> The problem with this is that ash incorrectly reads (or read) the -x.  It
> behaves like a -f and not the intended "if it exists and is executable".
> It responds true for ANY file in /usr/bin, or other directories.  Seems
> to catch the x bit from the directory and stop looking.  This may be my
> bug report, I filed one similar against ash itself.  I believe it has
> been fixed in ash and can safely be closed.

0.3.4-2 handles it correctly.  What it does not handle correctly is:

 set -e

 case "$1" in
   remove)
     [ -x /bin/does-not-exist ] && echo "does-not-exist"
   ;;
 esac
exit 0


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