Re: [PATCH] Explain what 'ginstall' is

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, H.Merijn Brand wrote:

I though that you were talking about _default_ 'install' program (first in PATH). Is /opt/imake/bin/install used below?

I have forgot to tell that beside uncommenting AC_PROG_INSTALL line in configure.ac (and doing "make configure") you have to also uncomment the "INSTALL = @INSTALL@" in config.mak.in for "make install" to use install program found by ./configure script.

Strange...

By the way, I have took a look at hos ./configure script chooses which 'install' to use, and at least for GNU Autoconf 2.59 it does not talk about HP-UX at all, and checks binaries to reject by grepping for a string, instead of checking if it install files correctly using some script (at least checking if it install files and creates directories, and accepts install options used, without checking for correct permissions and group, etc.).

Relevant fragment of generated ./configure script

-- >8 -- configure

# Find a good install program.  We prefer a C program (faster),
# so one script is as good as another.  But avoid the broken or
# incompatible versions:
# SysV /etc/install, /usr/sbin/install
# SunOS /usr/etc/install
# IRIX /sbin/install
# AIX /bin/install
# AmigaOS /C/install, which installs bootblocks on floppy discs
# AIX 4 /usr/bin/installbsd, which doesn't work without a -g flag
# AFS /usr/afsws/bin/install, which mishandles nonexistent args
# SVR4 /usr/ucb/install, which tries to use the nonexistent group "staff"
# OS/2's system install, which has a completely different semantic
# ./install, which can be erroneously created by make from ./install.sh.
echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for a BSD-compatible install" >&5
echo $ECHO_N "checking for a BSD-compatible install... $ECHO_C" >&6
if test -z "$INSTALL"; then
if test "${ac_cv_path_install+set}" = set; then
  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
else
  as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
for as_dir in $PATH
do
  IFS=$as_save_IFS
  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
  # Account for people who put trailing slashes in PATH elements.
case $as_dir/ in
  ./ | .// | /cC/* | \
  /etc/* | /usr/sbin/* | /usr/etc/* | /sbin/* | /usr/afsws/bin/* | \
  ?:\\/os2\\/install\\/* | ?:\\/OS2\\/INSTALL\\/* | \
  /usr/ucb/* ) ;;
  *)
    # OSF1 and SCO ODT 3.0 have their own names for install.
    # Don't use installbsd from OSF since it installs stuff as root
    # by default.
    for ac_prog in ginstall scoinst install; do
      for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
	if $as_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext"; then
	  if test $ac_prog = install &&
	    grep dspmsg "$as_dir/$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
	    # AIX install.  It has an incompatible calling convention.
	    :
	  elif test $ac_prog = install &&
	    grep pwplus "$as_dir/$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
	    # program-specific install script used by HP pwplus--don't use.
	    :
	  else
	    ac_cv_path_install="$as_dir/$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext -c"
	    break 3
	  fi
	fi
      done
    done
    ;;
esac
done

fi
  if test "${ac_cv_path_install+set}" = set; then
    INSTALL=$ac_cv_path_install
  else
    # As a last resort, use the slow shell script.  We don't cache a
    # path for INSTALL within a source directory, because that will
    # break other packages using the cache if that directory is
    # removed, or if the path is relative.
    INSTALL=$ac_install_sh
  fi
fi
echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $INSTALL" >&5
echo "${ECHO_T}$INSTALL" >&6