diff --git a/applets/usage_compressed b/applets/usage_compressed index 9436dcd5d..af66bc5dc 100755 --- a/applets/usage_compressed +++ b/applets/usage_compressed @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ test -x "$loc/usage" || exit 1 test "$SED" || SED=sed test "$DD" || DD=dd -true | od -v -t x1 >/dev/null +# Some people were bitten by their system lacking a (proper) od +od -v -t x1 /dev/null if test $? != 0; then echo 'od tool is not installed or cannot accept "-v -t x1" options' exit 1