On date Tuesday 2007-02-13 21:02:57 +0100, Ralf Wildenhues configured this message:
> Hello Stefano,
>
> * Stefano Sabatini wrote on Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 10:56:06AM CET:
> >
> > I'm trying to use autoconf for a project of mine. I would like to
> > insert a check in the configure file for some install program.
> >
> > The right command to use seems to be:
> > AC_PROG_INSTALL
>
> Yes.
>
> > but I get all the times this error trying to run the autogenerated configure:
> >
> > configure: error: cannot find install-sh or install.sh in "." "./.." "./../.."
>
> If you also happen to use Automake, then
> automake --add-missing
>
> will install the file 'install-sh' into your package. Otherwise I'm
> afraid you have to do it manually once. You can just copy the one
> that comes with the Autoconf package into the toplevel directory of
> your source tree, next to configure.ac. (If you eventually use
> AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, then the file belongs in that directory.)
Thanks so much.
I overlooked the manual that indeed says:
Autoconf comes with a copy of `install-sh' that you can use. If
you use `AC_PROG_INSTALL', you must include either `install-sh' or
`install.sh' in your distribution, or `configure' will produce an
error message saying it can't find them--even if the system you're
on has a good `install' program. This check is a safety measure
Adding the script in the source tree fixed the problem, and now
configure correctly detect /usr/bin/install.
Strange enough the install-sh is not included in the autoconf package
(Debian Etch), but in the automake package.
Kind regards
--
Stefano Sabatini
Linux user number 337176 (see http://counter.li.org)
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