Re: [top level] autoconfiscate INSTALL usage

Nathanael Nerode
2003-07-12T17:58:08Z

Zack said:
>I've been wondering for years why GCC 'make install' never used the
>perfectly good /usr/bin/install on Linux or Solaris.
>
>> +INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA
>
>Typo - need a trailing @.
Thanks for catching that. (Gah; I thought I'd looked at the resulting
Makefile and it was OK... I guess I saw what I expected to see.) OK
with that fix?

>Do similar patches need to be put into the subdirectory Makefiles, or
>do they just take the values of INSTALL_* passed down from the top
>level?
I think generally they just take the passed-down copies.

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Nathanael Nerode <neroden at gcc.gnu.org>