On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, H.Merijn Brand wrote: > On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:21:08 -0800 (PST), Jakub Narebski wrote: > >> Andy Dougherty <doughera@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> [...]. Perhaps configure >>> should just go looking for a suitable install program instead of >>> assuming everyone has one. >> >> First, configure is, and (I think) consensus is that it should remain >> optional. This means that Makefile "guess" section should have good >> defaults for your operating system. > > And what if you OS *does* have an install, but one that is completely > useless^Wdifferent from the GNU install? Like the utterly useless > install on HP-UX. Then "guess" section should have INSTALL=ginstall, or something. Or just install with INSTALL=/opt/bin/ginstall make install or something like that. >> Second, the default autoconf macro AC_PROG_INSTALL *requires* that >> there is BSD-compatible `install' program (as 'install-sh' or >> 'install.sh') in the sources. Adding such script is (I think) not a >> problem; > > Yeah! > >> finding minimal portable[*1*] script is. So if you know one... >> >> Footnotes: >> ---------- >> [*1*] By "portable" I mean here 'git portable', i.e. requiring only >> those shell constructs/features that git require, not necessary >> insanelt portable the way ./configure script is. > > Something like this? (gui part still missing). This is what I now > use > > --8<--- make-install Errr... please read more carefully. There is need for BSD-compatibile `install` program as 'install-sh', not 'make-install' script. The idea is to use system-provided 'install' if it exists and is compatibile, because it should be faster than script version, and fallback to provided install-sh only if system install is not found. install-sh has to understand '-d' and '-m <mode>' switches for git install purposes, and probably implement all three (src dest, src dir, dir) formats. -- Jakub Narebski Poland - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
