linuxthreads fails on i386-linux (INSTALL="../")

[Jeff Johnston]

Shaun Jackman wrote:
> 2005/10/11, Shaun Jackman <sjackman@gmail.com>:
> ...
> 
>>In i386-linux/newlib/libc/sys/linux/linuxthreads/Makefile, INSTALL is
>>set to "../". Likewise, in
>>i386-linux/newlib/libc/sys/linux/linuxthreads/config.status
>>ac_given_INSTALL is set to "../".
> 
> ...
> 
> I'm still plagued by this "INSTALL = ../" issue. Oddly enough, it only
> affects INSTALL and not INSTALL_DATA and friends. See below. Any
> thoughts?
>

No ideas come to mind why this happens some of the time and not all the 
time.  This doesn't happen on my i686 FC4 Linux system.  Try wading 
through the configuration of those directories in question by adding 
some output statements to see why it picks that INSTALL in those cases.

-- Jeff J.

> Cheers,
> Shaun
> 
> $ grep -r "INSTALL = .." . | head -5
> ./Makefile:INSTALL = /usr/bin/install -c
> ./i386-linux-newlib/newlib/Makefile:INSTALL = /usr/bin/install -c
> ./i386-linux-newlib/newlib/libc/machine/i386/Makefile:INSTALL = ../
> ./i386-linux-newlib/newlib/libc/machine/Makefile:INSTALL = ../
> ./i386-linux-newlib/newlib/libc/sys/linux/machine/i386/Makefile:INSTALL = ../
> $ grep -r "INSTALL_DATA = .." . | head -5
> ./Makefile:INSTALL_DATA = ${INSTALL} -m 644
> ./i386-linux-newlib/newlib/Makefile:INSTALL_DATA = /usr/bin/install -c -m 644
> ./i386-linux-newlib/newlib/libc/machine/i386/Makefile:INSTALL_DATA =
> /usr/bin/install -c -m 644
> ./i386-linux-newlib/newlib/libc/machine/Makefile:INSTALL_DATA =
> /usr/bin/install -c -m 644
> ./i386-linux-newlib/newlib/libc/sys/linux/machine/i386/Makefile:INSTALL_DATA
> = /usr/bin/install -c -m 644