Re: non-executable install-sh

[Eric Blake]

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According to Patrick Welche on 10/8/2008 7:58 AM:
> Is this worth adding
> 
> diff --git a/lib/autoconf/programs.m4 b/lib/autoconf/programs.m4
> index 63f8a13..370ed31 100644
> --- a/lib/autoconf/programs.m4
> +++ b/lib/autoconf/programs.m4
> @@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ if test -z "$MKDIR_P"; then
>      # break other packages using the cache if that directory is
>      # removed, or if the value is a relative name.
>      test -d ./--version && rmdir ./--version
> -    MKDIR_P="$ac_install_sh -d"
> +    MKDIR_P="\$(SHELL) $ac_install_sh -d"

Thanks for the report.  As written, this patch proposal won't work (shell
requires ${SHELL}, only Makefiles allow $(SHELL).  But this has come up on
the archives before; perhaps the better fix is to guarantee that tarballs
can't be created without executable permission in the first place.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             address@hidden
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