-f tests for plain files only. We need a way to find out whether we could do any...

diff --git a/scripts/preconfig b/scripts/preconfig
index aa8dbcc78785c1195fc1ca57d1bf5b61e199f887..34cef71f11df8e80fe1c9f55aefe25d194544489 100755 (executable)
--- a/scripts/preconfig
+++ b/scripts/preconfig
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 disclaimer="Do NOT edit - this file is generated by preconfig"
 
 # security check - simply overwriting existing files could be harmful
-if test -f configure.in.new || test -f acconfig.h.new ; then
+if test -w configure.in.new || test -w acconfig.h.new ; then
        echo "Please remove the *.new files and rerun this command"
        exit 1
 fi