> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Akim> Nonetheless, I keep on thinking this is overkill, and would like to
Akim> resubmit my proposal, part of the aforementioned thread:
Akim> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/automake/2001-03/msg00151.html
I'd still prefer not to do this.
Jim> * m4/strip.m4: Fix a typo: s/\$\$/$/.
Pollux> This issue should disappear with the following pending patch.
Pollux> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/automake/2001-03/msg00129.html
I agree with this patch. I also agree with the one documentation one,
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/automake/2001
>>> "Jim" == Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
Jim> The problem comes from automake's m4/strip.m4.
Jim> We want the make variable, $(INSTALL) not the shell variable.
Jim> [I prefer parens to curly braces, but have left the braces,
Jim> in case they're there for a good reason]
Hi Bob,
Thanks for reporting that.
It seems to be a bug that's still in the current sources.
In fileutils-4.1/src/Makefile, I see this:
INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM = $${INSTALL} -s
which eventually expands to just ` -s' and produces the
symptom Bob noted below.
The problem comes from automake's m
