autoconf/232: autoconf/232: install.sh not found in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR subdirectory

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Subject: autoconf/232: install.sh not found in  AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR subdirectory
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 05:25:46 -0500

 >Number:         232
 >Category:       autoconf
 >Synopsis:       install.sh not found in  AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR subdirectory
 >Confidential:   no
 >Severity:       non-critical
 >Priority:       low
 >Responsible:    akim
 >State:          open
 >Quarter:        
 >Keywords:       
 >Class:          sw-bug
 >Submitter-Id:   net
 >Arrival-Date:   Mon Mar 10 05:25:46 -0500 2003
 >Cases:          
 >Originator:     Simon Butcher
 >Release:        autoconf 2.57 (known to occur on 2.53, and others)
 >Organization:
 na
 >Environment:
 mothership:~$ uname -a && for p in autogen automake bash m4; do echo $p:; $p 
--version; done
 Linux mothership 2.4.19 #2 Thu Sep 19 13:12:05 EST 2002 i586 unknown
 autogen:
 autogen - The Automated Program Generator - Ver. 5.4.7
 automake:
 automake (GNU automake) 1.7.3
 Written by Tom Tromey <address@hidden>.
 
 Copyright 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
 warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 bash:
 GNU bash, version 2.05.0(1)-release (i386-slackware-linux-gnu)
 Copyright 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 m4:
 GNU m4 1.4
 >Description:
 I've used AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR for a while to keep my package neatly organised. 
After moving to automake, and letting it install files automatically (with 
automake --add-missing --copy), it copies the install-sh script into the aux 
subdirectory. Logically, to me, this is where it should go.
 
 Autoconf/Automake generate their respective files happily, however when it 
comes to running the generated configure script, the following error appears:
 
 configure: error: cannot find install-sh or install.sh in . ./.. ./../..
 
 It appears that the generated configure script isn't looking in the directory 
supplied by AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR for install.sh/install-sh?
 
 Upon copying install-sh into the top directory of the package (where the 
configure script is generated/run from), the problem disappears.
 >How-To-Repeat:
 Simple. Create an configure.ac which sets AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR to a subdirectory, 
and uses something which requires install.sh (i.e. AC_CANONICAL_HOST). With 
install.sh installed in the aux subdirectory (and not the directory the 
configure script is to be run from), run the configure script.
 >Fix:
 Add AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR to the search path for install.sh/install-sh?
 >Unformatted: