From b2c29fd629f73ccb247a66608abe5cb5f61fc4db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Tromey Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 23:20:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added explanatory comment --- automake.in | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) 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 \\ -- 2.43.5