* src/sort.c (create_temp): Remove superfluous access-X_OK

check.  find_in_path does this for us.

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 10e5f3e23..666fd9678 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-01-25  Dan Hipschman  <dsh@linux.ucla.edu>
+
+	* src/sort.c (create_temp): Remove superfluous access-X_OK
+	check.  find_in_path does this for us.
+
 2007-01-24  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
 	Remove usually-skipped test.
diff --git a/src/sort.c b/src/sort.c
index bab232b74..c7ae0c8c0 100644
--- a/src/sort.c
+++ b/src/sort.c
@@ -853,12 +853,7 @@ create_temp (FILE **pfp, pid_t *ppid)
 	  const char *path_program = find_in_path (default_program);
 
 	  if (path_program != default_program)
-	    {
-	      if (access (path_program, X_OK) == 0)
-		compress_program = path_program;
-	      else
-		free ((char *) path_program);
-	    }
+	    compress_program = path_program;
 	}
       else if (*compress_program == '\0')
 	compress_program = NULL;