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Question about TODO list
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Peter Eisentraut |
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Question about TODO list |
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Sat, 10 Jan 2004 13:59:03 +0100 |
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I see in the TODO list this item:
** AC_PROG_INSTALL
This test should be extended to check that install supports the GNU
Install syntax: install FILES... DIR. This will relieve everybody
form having to use mkinstalldirs to create the directories, as install
does it itself. install-sh is already handling this case.
However, install-sh contains this comment:
# This script is compatible with the BSD install script, but was written
# from scratch. It can only install one file at a time, a restriction
# shared with many OS's install programs.
That seems to contradict the above.
Also, I'm not clear how writing
$(INSTALL) file1 file2 ... dir
will make mkinstalldirs obsolete, because "dir" still has to exist in
that case and needs to be create beforehand.
Can someone clarify this?
- Question about TODO list,
Peter Eisentraut <=