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Diffstat (limited to 'configure')
| -rwxr-xr-x | configure | 20 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -1688,13 +1688,21 @@ echo "$as_me: WARNING: \`missing' script is too old or missing" >&2;} fi if mkdir -p --version . >/dev/null 2>&1 && test ! -d ./--version; then - # Keeping the `.' argument allows $(mkdir_p) to be used without - # argument. Indeed, we sometimes output rules like + # We used to keeping the `.' as first argument, in order to + # allow $(mkdir_p) to be used without argument. As in # $(mkdir_p) $(somedir) - # where $(somedir) is conditionally defined. - # (`test -n '$(somedir)' && $(mkdir_p) $(somedir)' is a more - # expensive solution, as it forces Make to start a sub-shell.) - mkdir_p='mkdir -p -- .' + # where $(somedir) is conditionally defined. However this is wrong + # for two reasons: + # 1. if the package is installed by a user who cannot write `.' + # make install will fail, + # 2. the above comment should most certainly read + # $(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$(somedir) + # so it does not work when $(somedir) is undefined and + # $(DESTDIR) is not. + # To support the latter case, we have to write + # test -z "$(somedir)" || $(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$(somedir), + # so the `.' trick is pointless. + mkdir_p='mkdir -p --' else # On NextStep and OpenStep, the `mkdir' command does not # recognize any option. It will interpret all options as |