GNU bug report logs - #9459
24.0.50; Configure aborts, complains about missing install.sh in build-aux

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Reported by: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>

Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 16:23:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 9459 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 9459 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9459: 24.0.50; Configure aborts, complains about missing
	install.sh in build-aux.
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:38:21 +0200


Glenn Morris skrev 2011-09-07 18:26:
> Jan Djärv wrote:
>
>> configure: error: cannot find install-sh, install.sh, or shtool in
>> build-aux "../current"/build-aux
>
> There's probably some autotools invocation that avoids this, and
> starting from a fresh checkout probably doesn't have an issue; but all I
> did for my existing checkouts after I saw the corresponding change get
> installed was:
>
>    mv compile config.guess config.sub depcomp install-sh missing build-aux/
>
> plus the usual maintainer-clean.

Yes that fixes it.  But a heads up would be nice when making a 
configure-breaking change like this.  Why not let configure do the move itself 
if it detects those files at the top of the tree?

	Jan D.
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