On Mon, 15 May 2000, Tom Tromey wrote:
> I think we should not introduce more utilities. We have way too many
> already. How about reimplementing this as a patch to "missing"?
Hmm, "missing" _fakes_ a given program (with touch, etc.) whereas
mkinstalldirs, install-sh, etc. are the real thing, but implemented in
shell. I don't think these things should be mixed up.
Furthermore, not everyone uses missing, whereas a lot of people use
install-sh or mkinstalldirs. I'm one of them. Not every software is GNU
software either. Some people may be "missing" more programs than it
handles, or less. One tool for one job, I say.
> Then we can do "missing rmdir -p". Having AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE look for
> "rmdir -p" would also be appropriate...
I'd say Autoconf macros AC_PROG_MKDIR_P and AC_PROG_RMDIR_P that work
similar to AC_PROG_INSTALL should be the way to go. Then those that have
mkdir -p can use it in their makefiles for speed, and those who feel
confident enough about the rmdir -p (perhaps not for uninstall, but for
whatever they want) have it available as well.
Any interest?
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