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
