install vs. install-sh

[Nathanael Nerode]

>Got this today...
>
>/usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file 
>`/greed/dj/uber/inst/lib/gcc-lib/sh-elf/3.4/cc1': No such file or 
>directory
>
>The install-sh in the source tree seems to do "mkdir -p" as needed.
>Do we expect this of install?  Or should we expect to call
>mkinstalldirs ourselves as needed?

What a good question.

The docs for 'ginstall' indicate that it requires the -D option in order
to do that:
install -D file directory/file
That's not portable, of course...

Alternatively the directory (plus all its parents) can be constructed 
  separately:

install -d directory

and then the file can be installed with

install file directory/file

This combination appears to be portable, but...

I'm guessing we should call mkinstalldirs ourselves as needed.

-- 
Nathanael Nerode  <neroden at gcc.gnu.org>
http://home.twcny.rr.com/nerode/neroden/fdl.html