Merge in changes from the 0.9.6-stable branch.

2 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/test/Makefile.ssl b/test/Makefile.ssl
index 2cfe3de410..1e975c5338 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.ssl
+++ b/test/Makefile.ssl
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ test_bn:
 	@./$(BNTEST) >tmp.bntest
 	@echo quit >>tmp.bntest
 	@echo "running bc"
-	@<tmp.bntest sh -c "`sh ./bctest || true`" | $(PERL) -e '$$i=0; while (<STDIN>) {if (/^test (.*)/) {print STDERR "\nverify $$1";} elsif (!/^0$$/) {die "\nFailed! bc: $$_";} else {print STDERR "."; $$i++;}} print STDERR "\n$$i tests passed\n"'
+	@<tmp.bntest sh -c "`sh ./bctest; true`" | $(PERL) -e '$$i=0; while (<STDIN>) {if (/^test (.*)/) {print STDERR "\nverify $$1";} elsif (!/^0$$/) {die "\nFailed! bc: $$_";} else {print STDERR "."; $$i++;}} print STDERR "\n$$i tests passed\n"'
 	@echo 'test a^b%c implementations'
 	./$(EXPTEST)
 
diff --git a/test/bctest b/test/bctest
index 17b75d4eca..fbe74ed90b 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