2 # Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
5 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
6 # with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
10 # Check whether `mkdir -p' is supported, fallback to mkinstalldirs otherwise.
12 # Automake 1.8 used `mkdir -m 0755 -p --' to ensure that directories
13 # created by `make install' are always world readable, even if the
14 # installer happens to have an overly restrictive umask (e.g. 077).
15 # This was a mistake. There are at least two reasons why we must not
17 # - it causes special bits like SGID to be ignored,
18 # - it may be too restrictive (some setups expect 775 directories).
20 # Do not use -m 0755 and let people choose whatever they expect by
23 # We cannot accept any implementation of `mkdir' that recognizes `-p'.
24 # Some implementations (such as Solaris 8's) are not thread-safe: if a
25 # parallel make tries to run `mkdir -p a/b' and `mkdir -p a/c'
26 # concurrently, both version can detect that a/ is missing, but only
27 # one can create it and the other will error out. Consequently we
28 # restrict ourselves to GNU mkdir (using the --version option ensures
30 AC_DEFUN([AM_PROG_MKDIR_P],
31 [if mkdir -p --version . >/dev/null 2>&1 && test ! -d ./--version; then
32 # We used to define $(mkdir_p) as `mkdir -p .', in order to
33 # allow $(mkdir_p) to be used without argument. As in
34 # $(mkdir_p) $(somedir)
35 # where $(somedir) is conditionally defined. However we don't do
37 # 1. before we restricted the check to GNU mkdir, `mkdir -p .' was
38 # reported to fail in read-only directories. The system where this
39 # happened has been forgotten.
40 # 2. in practice we call $(mkdir_p) on directories such as
41 # $(mkdir_p) "$(DESTDIR)$(somedir)"
42 # and we don't want to create $(DESTDIR) if $(somedir) is empty.
43 # To support the latter case, we have to write
44 # test -z "$(somedir)" || $(mkdir_p) "$(DESTDIR)$(somedir)"
45 # so $(mkdir_p) always has an argument.
46 # We will have better chances of detecting a missing test if
47 # $(mkdir_p) complains about missing arguments.
48 # 3. $(mkdir_p) is named after `mkdir -p' and we don't expect this
49 # to accept no argument.
50 # 4. having something like `mkdir .' in the output is unsightly.
53 # On NextStep and OpenStep, the `mkdir' command does not
54 # recognize any option. It will interpret all options as
55 # directories to create.
56 for d in ./-p ./--version;
58 test -d $d && rmdir $d
60 # $(mkinstalldirs) is defined by Automake if mkinstalldirs exists.
61 if test -f "$ac_aux_dir/mkinstalldirs"; then
62 mkdir_p='$(mkinstalldirs)'
64 mkdir_p='$(install_sh) -d'