AIX test -s hangs with non-existent files?

(A genuine logic bug in Configure, but AIX also broken?)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@10732

diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index e7d4ced..429af23 100755 (executable)
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 # $Id: Head.U,v 3.0.1.9 1997/02/28 15:02:09 ram Exp $
 #
-# Generated on Tue Jun 19 02:14:42 EET DST 2001 [metaconfig 3.0 PL70]
+# Generated on Tue Jun 19 23:31:51 EET DST 2001 [metaconfig 3.0 PL70]
 # (with additional metaconfig patches by perlbug@perl.org)
 
 cat >c1$$ <<EOF
@@ -13791,8 +13791,8 @@ if $test "X$fflushNULL" = X -o "X$fflushall" = X; then
     output=''
     set try -DTRY_FPUTC
     if eval $compile; then
-           $run ./try 2>/dev/null
            $rm -f try.out
+           $run ./try 2>/dev/null
            $from try.out
            if $test ! -s try.out -a "X$?" = X42; then
                output=-DTRY_FPUTC
@@ -13802,8 +13802,8 @@ if $test "X$fflushNULL" = X -o "X$fflushall" = X; then
     '')
            set try -DTRY_FPRINTF
            if eval $compile; then
-                   $run ./try 2>/dev/null
                    $rm -f try.out
+                   $run ./try 2>/dev/null
                    $from try.out
                    if $test ! -s try.out -a "X$?" = X42; then
                        output=-DTRY_FPRINTF
@@ -13816,9 +13816,9 @@ fi
 case "$fflushNULL" in
 '')    set try -DTRY_FFLUSH_NULL $output
        if eval $compile; then
+               $rm -f try.out
                $run ./try 2>/dev/null
                code="$?"
-               $rm -f try.out
                $from try.out
                if $test -s try.out -a "X$code" = X42; then
                        fflushNULL="`$cat try.out`"
@@ -13943,6 +13943,7 @@ EOM
 EOM
                                $rm -f try.out
                                $run ./try 2>/dev/null
+                               $from try.out
                                if $test -s try.out -a "X$?" = X42; then
                                        fflushall="`$cat try.out`"
                                fi