Re: AC_PROG_INSTALL and AC_PROG_MKDIR_P fallbacks

[Peter Johansson]

On 08/07/2014 07:21 PM, Thomas Jahns wrote:
> Hello,
>
> on a friends Mac I noticed a problem with AC_PROG_MKDIR_P which I believe to
> also apply to AC_PROG_INSTALL (albeit not on his system): both fall back on
> $ac_install_sh which resolves to the relative path $ac_aux_dir/install-sh if
> configure was called with a relative path.
>
> This of course does not work when using MKDIR_P from a sub-directory.
>
> I'd like to provide a patch but I'd first like to discuss the ramifications of
> changing the definition of ac_install_sh in lib/autoconf/general.m4 or patching
> the two above macros in lib/autoconf/programs.m4.

Hi Thomas,

I think you're welcome to send in a patch given the response I got from 
Paul Eggert and Eric Blake when I reported similar thing last year

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2013-02/msg00012.html

Cheers,

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Peter Johansson