Re: Introduce and use the %KEY?TRUE:FALSE% template token

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Akim Demaille wrote on Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 06:47:41AM CET:
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> - Don't try to factor calls to install with nobase_*

Could be a first step.

> - Add a special --nobase flag to install-sh and use it
>   blindly for nobase_*.

I don't like forced use of install-sh.  It's much slower than GNU
coreutils install.

> - Sort and filter the files to install in nobase_*.

I like this best.

>   I guess that in a first step, I would grep the files
>   that do not have a slash, and make one call for them,

(assuming you mean shell globbing when you say grep here)

>   then sort the remain files to group them per directory
>   and then make one call for each set.  This should be
>   simple using xargs, but I'm unsure about xargs'
>   portability.  Any clue?

You can use xargs, GCS allows it.  Of course you cannot use
-0, and automake/tests/instspc.test will tell you what should
continue to work.  For everything else, I guess we will write
a new paragraph in autoconf.texi about xargs when we get to it.

Cheers,
Ralf