I see in the TODO list this item: ** AC_PROG_INSTALL This test should be extended to check that install supports the GNU Install syntax: install FILES... DIR. This will relieve everybody form having to use mkinstalldirs to create the directories, as install does it itself. install-sh is already handling this case. However, install-sh contains this comment: # This script is compatible with the BSD install script, but was written # from scratch. It can only install one file at a time, a restriction # shared with many OS's install programs. That seems to contradict the above. Also, I'm not clear how writing $(INSTALL) file1 file2 ... dir will make mkinstalldirs obsolete, because "dir" still has to exist in that case and needs to be create beforehand. Can someone clarify this?
