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Re: [PATCH] Explain what 'ginstall' is

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 18, 2007, 01:21 UTC
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Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu> 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.

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; 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.

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Jakub Narebski
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