I think it would be very useful to put this problem in the FAQs. I had to 
remove the '.' altogether to get it to work (I am using the tsch, BTW). 
Thanks for the help!
...Peter

On Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 10:30 AM, Martin Costabel wrote:

> Chris Devers wrote:
>
>> Where did you get your /usr/bin/install from? The developer's kit? Have
>> you been able to use it without problems in the past?
>>
>> I'm confused now.
>
> Chris, this is an old problem that has come up a couple of times before
> (maybe it should become a FAQ?). The problem is that in the source
> directory, there is a script named "Install". If now the current
> directory "." comes before /usr/bin in the user's PATH, the shell (sh in
> this case, tcsh would not do this) happily executes ./Install instead of 
> /usr/bin/install.
>
> --
> Martin
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