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Re: improved Automake test for file names with funny characters
From: |
Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
Re: improved Automake test for file names with funny characters |
Date: |
Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:16:13 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) |
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.