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authorStefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>2013-10-30 22:58:16 +0000
committerStefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>2013-10-30 22:58:16 +0000
commitbd44db1abdeea3643ba0387de24af7539da644e4 (patch)
treed5b85f4ab2c0b20803b2a351e5583f434f675360 /NEWS
parent1b61da332734264141cb7500ee8c68d0927c72fa (diff)
downloadautomake-bd44db1abdeea3643ba0387de24af7539da644e4.tar.gz
install-sh: assume ${var:-value} works as expected
The Autoconf manual says it is OK these days. * lib/install.sh: Adjust. * NEWS: Update. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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@@ -108,8 +108,10 @@ New in 1.15:
* Cleanups and modernizations:
- - The install-sh script now unconditionally assumes that a working
- 'dirname' program is available.
+ - The install-sh script has been modernized, and now makes the following
+ assumptions unconditionally:
+ (1) a working 'dirname' program is available;
+ (2) the ${var:-value} shell parameters substitution works;
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