# HG changeset patch
# User Robert Jones <rob@redshirtsoftware.com>
# Date 2011-08-24 09:42:41
# Node ID 8413916df8167ca71d82284056fdf171be0694af
# Parent  7c03e3b1b858e078880abc872a36dd8d4d2f93c7

posix: check for executable bits on files identified by findexe function

diff --git a/mercurial/posix.py b/mercurial/posix.py
--- a/mercurial/posix.py
+++ b/mercurial/posix.py
@@ -256,7 +256,9 @@ def findexe(command):
     for path in os.environ.get('PATH', '').split(os.pathsep):
         executable = findexisting(os.path.join(path, command))
         if executable is not None:
-            return executable
+            st = os.stat(executable)
+            if (st.st_mode & (stat.S_IXUSR | stat.S_IXGRP | stat.S_IXOTH)):
+                return executable
     return None
 
 def setsignalhandler():