Re: [top level] autoconfiscate INSTALL usage

Zack Weinberg
2003-07-12T17:59:31Z

Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com> writes:

> 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?

I can't approve toplevel patches, but it looks good to me.

>>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.

Would you mind checking that?

zw