Re: FYI: install-sh: work with names containing spaces

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

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Hi Jim,

>>> "Jim" == Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:

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 Jim> I've just checked in this change:

 Jim> 2002-11-09  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

 Jim> Make install-sh work even when names contain spaces or
 Jim> certain (but not all) shell metachars.

 Jim> * lib/install-sh: Remove lots of unnecessary quoting.
 Jim> Add double quotes where necessary.
 Jim> Write diagnostics to stderr, not stdout.
 Jim> Normalize spacing in diagnostics: use one space (not two,
 Jim> and not a TAB) after the leading `install:'.
 Jim> Remove trailing white space.
 Jim> Remove unnecessary curly braces.
 Jim> If removing the destination fails, also try to move it aside.
 Jim> Use `trap' more portably.
 Jim> * tests/installsh2.test: New file, to test for the above fix.
 Jim> * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add installsh2.test.

That's great!  Could you install this on branch-1-7 too?
(I would do it, but you forgot to send the patch.)

Merci
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz