Re: INSTALL_SCRIPT

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 14:51, Akim Demaille wrote:
>  > On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 08:57, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>  >> On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 08:25, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:
> 
>  >> I'll try to contact the original reporter, but currently would assume
>  >> this to be a local bug in the package or a miss-understanding by the
>  >> original reporter.
> 
>  > This problem seemed to be caused by a broken install script reportedly
>  > shipped with OpenAFS, the user accidentally had in $PATH.
> 
>  > For the full story, cf.
>  > 
> http://www.oarcorp.com/rtems/maillistArchives/rtems-users/2003/july/msg00053.html
> 
> Isn't this another clear sign that the existing AC_PROG_INSTALL is
> pure junk?

I am inclined to agree. IMHO, this case at least is a clear proof that
AC_PROG_INSTALL in its current form is not sufficient.

>   That we should really test for the feature we _desire_,
Hmm, one of the questions this discussion started with was 
"what do we desire?", do we want 
"install -mMASK FILES DIR" 
or do we want
"install FILES DIR" 

AFAIU, Alexandre actually wants (and automake currently presumes)
"install FILES DIR" to implied -m755. 

AC_PROGRAM_INSTALL apparently doesn't cover this.

> i.e., "install FILES DIR".

Ralf