[PATCH 3/4] {minor} install-sh: assume that "set -f" and "set +f" work...

2013-10-31 Thread Stefano Lattarini
... and disable/enable shell globbing, respectively. This is mandated by POSIX, and supported even by Solaris 9 /bin/sh (one of the most braindead shells we still support). * lib/install.sh: Adjust. * NEWS: Update. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini --- NEWS | 4 +++- lib/install-sh |

[PATCH 2/4] {minor} install-sh: assume ${var:-value} works as expected

2013-10-31 Thread Stefano Lattarini
The Autoconf manual says it is OK these days. * lib/install.sh: Adjust. * NEWS: Update. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini --- NEWS | 6 -- lib/install-sh | 9 ++--- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 50f1e7f..37f513b 100644 --- a/NE

[PATCH 4/4] {minor} cosmetics: untabify the install-sh script

2013-10-31 Thread Stefano Lattarini
* lib/install-sh: Here, plus a couple of related formatting tweaks. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini --- lib/install-sh | 274 - 1 file changed, 137 insertions(+), 137 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/install-sh b/lib/install-sh index be3c5d9

[PATCH 1/4] {minor} install-sh: assume 'dirname' is available and working correctly

2013-10-31 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Really, we no longer care about hosts so outdated/broken to miss fundamental utilities like basename or dirname. * lib/install.sh: Adjust. * NEWS, THANKS: Update. Suggested-by: Philipp A. Hartmann Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini --- NEWS | 9 + THANKS | 1 + lib/in

[PATCH 0/4] {minor} Modernize the install-sh script

2013-10-31 Thread Stefano Lattarini
These patches are intended for the 'micro' branch, so that they will appear in Automake 1.15, but not in the future releases of the 1.14.x series. I intend to push these tomorrow or the day after. Stefano Lattarini (4): install-sh: assume 'dirname' is available and working correctly install-s

Re: bug#14991: distcheck passes --prefix to configure before *DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS

2013-10-31 Thread Akim Demaille
Hi Stefano! Le 30 oct. 2013 à 23:02, Stefano Lattarini a écrit : > I've fixed the issue with the two attached patches, that will appear > in Automake 1.14.1 (someday when I'll actually get around to release > it ;-). I will wait some time before pushing the patches out, so a > review is welcom