On 09/14/2010 03:32 PM, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
Hi, using a configure.ac file with just four lines: AC_INIT([foo], [1]) AC_PROG_INSTALL AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile]) AC_OUTPUT I can produce a configure script by running `autoreconf -fi`, however, running the then-created ./configure leads to: configure: error: cannot find install-sh, install.sh, or shtool in "." "./.." "./../.." On IRC it was suggested to add in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE; however, I am not planning on using automake for this sample. Why did autoreconf not copy install-sh? This looks a little like a bug.
By design, autoconf itself does NOT copy install-sh directly, but assumes that it will be installed externally. One way to install it externally is to use automake, the other way is to do it manually. Autoreconf, in turn, calls autoconf and conditionally calls automake; but if you aren't using automake, then autoreconf won't re-implement any of the actions that automake would have given you. Therefore, ifou are not going to use automake, then you are manually responsible for putting install-sh in the right place. This is already documented under AC_PROG_INSTALL in the autoconf manual, although patches to clarify the wording and make it more obvious would be welcome.
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