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Re: final install problems
On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 11:40:11AM -0500, Phil Edwards wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 08:31:40AM -0800, Joe Buck wrote:
> > > >>>>> Joe Buck writes:
> > >
> > > Joe> Then why does configure decide to use it? I recall many pieces of GNU
> > > Joe> software had a configure that found an "install" program on my Solaris
> > > Joe> system, tested it, didn't like it, and used a shell script included
> > > Joe> with the distribution instead.
> > >
> > > If you look at configure, it specifically avoids "install" on
> > > particular systems even when it finds it. It does not test if "install"
> > > actually works, it simply is hardwired to avoid some systems.
> >
> > I may have been hallucinating, but I could have sworn that I recalled
> > messages implying that a test was being performed.
>
> Perhaps I had the same hallucination; I could swear the same.
It says "checking for a BSD compatible install" but all it does is
have a blacklist of known-bad implementations. That should be
changed. I can write up a better test.
zw