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Re: Use "$(MKDIR_P) sys", not race-prone "test -d sys || mkdir sys".
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Bruno Haible |
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Re: Use "$(MKDIR_P) sys", not race-prone "test -d sys || mkdir sys". |
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Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:48:53 +0100 |
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Jim Meyering wrote:
> I wonder which use case made it so using AC_SUBST wasn't an option.
IIRC, it is when the user specifies
../path/configure --srcdir=../path
with a relative pathname. Normally you can omit --srcdir, because configure
finds it by itself; then $ac_srcdir is an absolute path; then $(install_sh)
is an absolute path as well.
Such a usage is rare.
Bruno