Re: $SHELL for $ac_install_sh?

[Eric Blake-1]

> When a configure script has to fall back on $ac_install_sh for INSTALL
> or MKDIR_P, how about invoking it via $SHELL, as in the diff below?

This idea has come up before:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2006-09/msg00022.html

There have been a few changes in autoconf's MKDIR_P since then,
and I haven't analyzed all of the ramifications of making such a change.
Is SHELL always available in all places that expand @address@hidden  How
will this interact with Automake, both 1.9.6 and 1.10, which have been
released, as well as CVS automake?

Would a different approach be adding a config.status hook that
always does 'chmod +x install-sh' if install-sh was required?

-- 
Eric Blake

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