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+#! /bin/sh
+# Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Check that "aclocal --install" fails when it should.
+# FIXME: this is a good candidate for a conversion to TAP.
+
+am_create_testdir=empty
+required=ro-dir
+. ./defs || Exit 1
+
+set -e
+
+cat > configure.ac <<END
+AC_INIT([$me], [1.0])
+MY_MACRO
+END
+
+mkdir sys-acdir
+cat > sys-acdir/my-defs.m4 <<END
+AC_DEFUN([MY_MACRO], [:])
+END
+
+ACLOCAL="$ACLOCAL -Wnone --system-acdir=sys-acdir"
+
+: > a-regular-file
+mkdir unwritable-dir
+chmod a-w unwritable-dir
+
+$ACLOCAL -I a-regular-file --install 2>stderr \
+  && { cat stderr >&2; Exit 1; }
+cat stderr >&2
+$EGREP '(mkdir:|directory ).*a-regular-file' stderr
+test ! -f aclocal.m4
+
+$ACLOCAL --install -I unwritable-dir/sub 2>stderr \
+  && { cat stderr >&2; Exit 1; }
+cat stderr >&2
+$EGREP '(mkdir:|directory ).*unwritable-dir/sub' stderr
+test ! -f aclocal.m4
+
+$ACLOCAL -I unwritable-dir --install 2>stderr \
+  && { cat stderr >&2; Exit 1; }
+cat stderr >&2
+$EGREP '(cp:|copy ).*unwritable-dir' stderr
+test ! -f aclocal.m4
+
+# Sanity check.
+mkdir m4
+$ACLOCAL -I m4 --install && test -f aclocal.m4 \
+  || fatal_ "aclocal failed also when expected to succeed"
+
+: