X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=test%2Fbctest;h=bdb3218f7acaa2cac934c96c62a402ba5677636c;hp=17b75d4ecabdbb547ead3376992f7651d091d929;hb=0e8e6f19b2919e14c5bb7b645a359b96ad9fc13d;hpb=6186ef9338414ca722971208bd84645999df3546

diff --git a/test/bctest b/test/bctest
index 17b75d4eca..bdb3218f7a 100755
--- a/test/bctest
+++ b/test/bctest
@@ -12,10 +12,22 @@
 
 
 IFS=:
-for dir in $PATH; do
-    bc="$dir/bc"
+try_without_dir=true
+# First we try "bc", then "$dir/bc" for each item in $PATH.
+for dir in dummy:$PATH; do
+    if [ "$try_without_dir" = true ]; then
+      # first iteration
+      bc=bc
+      try_without_dir=false
+    else
+      # second and later iterations
+      bc="$dir/bc"
+      if [ ! -f "$bc" ]; then  # '-x' is not available on Ultrix
+        bc=''
+      fi
+    fi
 
-    if [ -x "$bc" -a ! -d "$bc" ]; then
+    if [ ! "$bc" = '' ]; then
         failure=none
 
 
@@ -92,5 +104,8 @@ EOF
 done
 
 echo "No working bc found.  Consider installing GNU bc." >&2
-echo "cat >/dev/null"
+if [ "$1" = ignore ]; then
+  echo "cat >/dev/null"
+  exit 0
+fi
 exit 1