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  • Why ls specifically? Is it only to test that basic executables are available and functional or is ls itself somehow used in the make process? Commented Apr 22, 2015 at 14:19
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    @terdon Some automake templates use ls. The AM_SANITY_CHECK macro itself uses ls to check the relative times of configure and a temporary file (it doesn't use test -nt because not all shells have it). Commented Apr 22, 2015 at 14:30