Re: RFC: deprecating mkinstalldirs

[Akim Demaille]

 > Index: m4/mkdirp.m4
 > ===================================================================
 > RCS file: m4/mkdirp.m4
 > diff -N m4/mkdirp.m4
 > --- /dev/null        1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
 > +++ m4/mkdirp.m4     10 Nov 2003 20:14:42 -0000
 > @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
 > +# AM_PROG_MKDIR_P
 > +# ---------------
 > +# Check whether `mkdir -p' is supported, fallback to mkinstalldirs 
 > otherwise.
 > +
 > +# Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 > +
 > +# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 > +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 > +# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
 > +# any later version.
 > +
 > +# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 > +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 > +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 > +# GNU General Public License for more details.
 > +
 > +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 > +# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 > +# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
 > +# 02111-1307, USA.
 > +
 > +AC_DEFUN([AM_PROG_MKDIR_P],
 > +[AC_REQUIRE([AM_AUX_DIR_EXPAND])dnl
 > +if mkdir -m 0755 -p -- . 2>/dev/null; then
 > +  mkdir_p='mkdir -m 0755 -p --'
 > +else
 > +  # On NextStep and OpenStep, the `mkdir' command does not
 > +  # recognize any option.  It will interpret all options as
 > +  # directories to create, and then abort because `.' already
 > +  # exists.
 > +  for d in ./-m ./0755 ./-p ./--;
 > +  do
 > +    test -d $d && rmdir $d
 > +  done
 > +  # $(mkinstalldirs) is defined by Automake if mkinstalldirs exists.
 > +  if test -f "$am_aux_dir/mkinstalldirs"; then
 > +    mkdir_p='$(mkinstalldirs) -m 0755'
 > +  else
 > +    mkdir_p='$(install_sh) -m 0755 -d'
 > +  fi
 > +fi
 > +AC_SUBST([mkdir_p])])

how about moving this into Autoconf?