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From: | Bruno Haible |
Subject: | Re: Use "$(MKDIR_P) sys", not race-prone "test -d sys || mkdir sys". |
Date: | Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:48:53 +0100 |
User-agent: | KMail/1.9.1 |
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
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