Re: improved Automake test for file names with funny characters

[Paul Eggert]

Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden> writes:

>  PE> What changes in mkinstalldirs need to be merged into install-sh?
>  PE> (Presumably these can be folded in after the changes below are 
> installed.)
>
> I'll have to check.  I think I noticed that mkinstalldirs was
> trying `mkdir -p' before constructing the subdirectories one by
> one, while install-sh wasn't even attempting `mkdir -p'.  But your
> patch addresses this already, doesn't it?

Yes, install-sh tests whether mkdir -p works before using it.

>  PE> In the revised patch enclosed below, I'll add some commentary about
>  PE> this to help explain it.
>
> Thanks all lot!  Could you remember to bump install-sh's
> $scriptversion before you commit it ?

You're welcome.  I did that, and installed the patch into the trunk.
Thanks for looking over it.