From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jan Hudec Subject: Re: [PATCH] Explain what 'ginstall' is Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:01:45 +0100 Message-ID: <20071223090145.GB3563@efreet.light.src> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Andy Dougherty , git@vger.kernel.org To: Jakub Narebski X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Dec 23 10:02:15 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J6Mis-0007mN-IV for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:02:14 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752173AbXLWJBu (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:01:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751935AbXLWJBu (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:01:50 -0500 Received: from ns1.bluetone.cz ([212.158.128.13]:49601 "EHLO ns1.bluetone.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751921AbXLWJBt (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:01:49 -0500 Received: from localhost (spamhole.bluetone.cz [192.168.13.2]) by ns1.bluetone.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBFDB57433; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:01:48 +0100 (CET) Received: from ns1.bluetone.cz ([192.168.13.1]) by localhost (spamhole.bluetone.cz [192.168.13.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id qylh5gR8BZjW; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:01:46 +0100 (CET) Received: from efreet.light.src (145-119-207-85.strcechy.adsl-llu.static.bluetone.cz [85.207.119.145]) by ns1.bluetone.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51CFD5737E; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:01:46 +0100 (CET) Received: from bulb by efreet.light.src with local (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1J6MiP-0006rP-Pn; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:01:45 +0100 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 17:21:08 -0800, Jakub Narebski wrote: > [...] > 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... What's wrong with the one that comes with automake? It should be portable the insane way ./configure script is -- which should be at least as much as git -- and the license is compatible (MIT/X). > 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. -- Jan 'Bulb' Hudec