Re: install-sh executability

[Eric Blake]

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According to Eric Blake-1 on 9/18/2007 10:50 AM:
> Rather than add $(SHELL) to @MKDIR_P@, what if we take the
> approach of guaranteeing that install-sh is executable?
> Does anyone spot issues with the following patch?
>
> 2007-09-18  Eric Blake  <address@hidden>
>
>       Ensure that install-sh is executable.
>       * lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIRS): Add config.status
>       hook for install-sh.

I withdraw this patch - as Ralf guessed, it has the potential to break on
read-only $srcdir.  However, would an alternate patch be appropriate, that
in addition to checking for the presence of install-sh, also adds a
warning if install-sh is not executable?  This seems less invasive than
trying to figure out how to support $SHELL in the INSTALL and MKDIR_P
definitions.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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