-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ralf Wildenhues wrote: What would be the best way? Do you think this might cause other >>> problems? >> I suggest dropping install-sh completely except for the coreutils >> package. > > Expecting GNU coreutils to be installed on each system is unreasonable. > Other systems have quite well-functioning tools, too. Autotools > generally strive to produce packages that work well on all kinds of > Posix and almost-Posix systems. > > Cheers, > Ralf
So I don't expect coreutils to be installed; I'm saying *packages other than coreutils* should *depend on a working /usr/bin/install*. Thats quite a different thing :) - -Rob -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkq/SOwACgkQ42zgmrPGrq55bQCeKM3laGVIGbsvaxhH/pXpGvTl AAwAoJt+Tye5QcVTZr8qRhVbxz4kan73 =4YWB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
