[Python-Dev] Does autoconfig detect INSTALL incorrectly?

2001年1月29日 18:59:34 -0500

> Why is the configure.in file set to always use "install-sh"?
> There is a comment that says:
>> # Install just never works :-(
>> I don't think that statement is accurate. /usr/bin/install works
> quite well on my machine. The only commments I can find in the
> changelog are:
>> revision 1.16
> date: 1995年01月20日 14:12:16; author: guido; state: Exp; lines: +27 -2
> add INSTALL_PROGRAM and INSTALL_DATA; check for getopt
>> and:
>> revision 1.5
> date: 1994年08月19日 15:33:51; author: guido; state: Exp; lines: +14 -6
> Simplify value of INSTALL (always 'cp').
>> Is there any reason why the autoconf macro AC_PROG_INSTALL is not used? The
> documentation seems to indicate that is does what we want.

Neil,
It's too long for me to remember, and I bet this was before
AC_PROG_INSTALL. If there's a reason to prefer a working "install"
over install-sh, feel free to do the right thing! (You're in charge
of the Makefile anyway now, it seems. :-)
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)