Re: PATCH: make install-strip in cross-compilation environments

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Alexandre" == Alexandre Oliva <address@hidden> writes:

 Alexandre> On Jan 23, 2001, Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden> wrote:
 >> INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM=$$(topsrc_dir)/$(install_sh) -s

 >> and then

 >> install-strip:
 >> $(MAKE) INSTALL_PROGRAM='$(INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM)' install

 >> So that $(topsrc_dir) gets evaluated in the sub-make.  From
 >> the simulation below, it appears to work fine.  The question is,
 >> is it portable?  I mean, will any make perform variable substitution
 >> in command line arguments?

 Alexandre> I don't think so.  But then, you can always use:

 Alexandre> INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM=`cd $$(top_srcdir) && pwd`/$(install_sh)
 Alexandre> $(MAKE) INSTALL_PROGRAM="$(INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM)" install

That wouldn't work for the same reason I said what I suggested
above cannot work: $(install_sh) is not always relative to $(top_srcdir).
IMHO ${install_sh} needs to be expansed at configure time, when
it is defined.

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Alexandre Duret-Lutz