From: Ralf Wildenhues Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 18:58:16 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * NEWS: Mention that `install-sh' needs executable permissions. X-Git-Tag: Release-1-10~21 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3b6362e159240be4bf2a31d8d1c0b620eddeb929;p=thirdparty%2Fautomake.git * NEWS: Mention that `install-sh' needs executable permissions. * tests/nobase.test: Adjust. Report by Patrick Welche. --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index df888d597..b67b13b67 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2006-09-05 Ralf Wildenhues + + * NEWS: Mention that `install-sh' needs executable permissions. + * tests/nobase.test: Adjust. + Report by Patrick Welche. + 2006-09-01 Ralf Wildenhues * lib/am/check.am (check-TESTS): Fix matching of XFAIL_TESTS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index e4cb2db43..74238d3d8 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +New in 1.9c: + +* Miscellaneous changes: + + - The script `install-sh' needs to have executable permissions for + a package to work correctly. The permissions may have been lost + by work of a patch or version control tool. + New in 1.9b: * Version requirements: diff --git a/tests/nobase.test b/tests/nobase.test index eb2ab19e0..97ae36702 100755 --- a/tests/nobase.test +++ b/tests/nobase.test @@ -116,14 +116,6 @@ $AUTOCONF $AUTOMAKE -a --copy ./configure --prefix `pwd`/inst --program-prefix=p -# Remove the 'x' bits just for fun. (Peter O'Gorman said: "If an -# upstream source tarball does not use the autotools, it is sometimes -# easier to build if it is modified to use them. Then a patch is -# generated, and applied to the unpacked clean sources during the -# build. patch(1) knows nothing about permissions, so executable bits -# etc can disappear.") -chmod a-x install-sh - $MAKE $MAKE test-install-data $MAKE test-install-exec