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Re: how to detect broken install-sh?


From: Russ Allbery
Subject: Re: how to detect broken install-sh?
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:10:52 -0700
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Brian Gough <address@hidden> writes:

> Maybe it would be good to have a check for problems with install-sh.
> I can see a couple of ways this could be done:

>   - make distcheck could (i) use install-sh and (ii) independently
>     check that all files which are supposed to be installed actually
>     do get installed.

The various supporting files that Automake includes in the distribution
package, including install-sh, do all generally have version numbers in
some form.  Maybe distcheck should just directly check that the included
files have sufficiently recent versions?  I know that version checks
normally go against the philosophy of the Autotools, but in this case
they're files shipped by Automake itself, and it might be the easiest
path.

-- 
Russ Allbery (address@hidden)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>




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