Re: Use current directory for POSIX mkdir test in install-sh

2006-10-10 Thread Alex Unleashed
On 10/10/06, Paul Eggert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The difference with other mkdir versions is that GNU mkdir does not try to chmod() the directory if it didn't just create it. The mkdir I'm currently testing is FreeBSD's. It always chmod()'s the directory when a mode is specified, no

Re: install-sh misbehaves badly on buggy FreeBSD systems

2006-10-10 Thread Paul Eggert
Stepan Kasal [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: is there an implementation of mkdir which understands `-p' and `--' but does not understand `-m'? Not in the sense described here, no. Ancient mkdir treats all arguments as directories to be made, and `$mkdirprog $mkdir_mode -p -- $tmpdir/d' must fail

Re: Use current directory for POSIX mkdir test in install-sh

2006-10-10 Thread Paul Eggert
Alex Unleashed [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: the fact of the attempt is what really matters, I'm afraid I'll have to disagree on this one, as a matter of philosophy. Autoconf regularly tries stuff to see whether it works. It's not at all unreasonable for Autoconf to try programs that have memory

Re: Use current directory for POSIX mkdir test in install-sh

2006-10-10 Thread Alejandro Martínez Ruiz
On 10/10/06, Paul Eggert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alex Unleashed [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: the fact of the attempt is what really matters, I'm afraid I'll have to disagree on this one, as a matter of philosophy. Autoconf regularly tries stuff to see whether it works. It's not at all