Re: nobase.test

2006-09-06 Thread Harlan Stenn
What about PATH issues and '.'? It may not be a problem, but the thought leapt into my mind... H -- > Following these lines, it's nonsense to maintain some > half-support for non-executable install-sh. If we don't want to > support this use-case, ${SHELL} should be fully removed from > every cal

Re: nobase.test

2006-09-06 Thread Patrick Welche
Hello Ralf! On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 09:33:20AM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > I say we drop the test and require that install-sh be executable. > After all, this is so much easier to do. > > OK to apply? Sounds good (I didn't understand the advantage of non-executable install-sh) - though you h

Re: Use AC_FC_SRCEXT in Automake

2006-09-06 Thread Steven G. Johnson
On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: However, the question about introducing AM_FC_SRCEXT was rather meant the other way round: Can there be uses where you would like to know for some reason the answer to AC_FC_SRCEXT([f]) but in your source tree, you have files with extension .f that shou

Re: nobase.test

2006-09-06 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Alexandre, * Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote on Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 01:44:34PM CEST: > >>> "RW" == Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > RW> Maybe there is a solution to all cases. But until then, I don't think > RW> it's a good idea to advertise half-solutions, and employ half-tests

Re: nobase.test

2006-09-06 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
>>> "RW" == Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] RW> Maybe there is a solution to all cases. But until then, I don't think RW> it's a good idea to advertise half-solutions, and employ half-tests. RW> And yes, that is very much IMHO. Following these lines, it's nonsense to mainta

Re: gettext: prepare Makefile.in.in for next Automake version

2006-09-06 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
>>> "RW" == Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] RW> While I understand this, I do think your change is unfortunate: RW> First, it require Autoconf to always use `mkdir' with an absolute RW> directory. This is neither documented nor is it a desirable situation: RW> http://lists.