-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Patrick Welche on 10/8/2008 7:58 AM: > Is this worth adding > > diff --git a/lib/autoconf/programs.m4 b/lib/autoconf/programs.m4 > index 63f8a13..370ed31 100644 > --- a/lib/autoconf/programs.m4 > +++ b/lib/autoconf/programs.m4 > @@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ if test -z "$MKDIR_P"; then > # break other packages using the cache if that directory is > # removed, or if the value is a relative name. > test -d ./--version && rmdir ./--version > - MKDIR_P="$ac_install_sh -d" > + MKDIR_P="\$(SHELL) $ac_install_sh -d" Thanks for the report. As written, this patch proposal won't work (shell requires ${SHELL}, only Makefiles allow $(SHELL). But this has come up on the archives before; perhaps the better fix is to guarantee that tarballs can't be created without executable permission in the first place. - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake ebb9@xxxxxxx -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjtZH8ACgkQ84KuGfSFAYB6WwCfXv/KbD1eW/KvsC5ZnFWhdoUb bxkAn2LbrNIY7w4Xy9xs3ka8eZVJlIe6 =tJx6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf