From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 23:20:16 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Added explanatory comment
X-Git-Tag: Release-1-4b~146
X-Git-Url: https://sourceware.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b2c29fd629f73ccb247a66608abe5cb5f61fc4db;p=automake.git

Added explanatory comment
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diff --git a/automake.in b/automake.in
index bf1afcfe..13b9f787 100755
--- a/automake.in
+++ b/automake.in
@@ -6666,6 +6666,8 @@ sub initialize_global_constants
     # Another nastiness: if the file is unreadable by us, we make it
     # readable regardless of the number of links to it.  This only
     # happens in perverse cases.
+    # We use $(install_sh) because that is a known-portable way to
+    # modify the file in place in the source tree.
     $dist_header = '	-find $(distdir) -type d ! -perm -777 -exec chmod a+rwx {} \; -o \\
 	  ! -type d ! -perm -444 -links 1 -exec chmod a+r {} \; -o \\
 	  ! -type d ! -perm -400 -exec chmod a+r {} \; -o \\