From: "Berger, Daniel" <Daniel.Berger@...>
Date: 2006-05-23T04:05:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Compiling ruby - cannot find install-sh or install.sh

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Davis [mailto:ryand-ruby@zenspider.com] 
> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 12:43 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Re: Compiling ruby - cannot find install-sh or install.sh
> 
> 
> 
> On May 22, 2006, at 8:07 AM, Kris Leech wrote:
> 
> > I've compiled ruby in the past using MingGW / MSYS on 
> Windows, but for 
> > some reason I'm now getting an error when doing the "./configure" 
> > command, which is "configure: error: cannot find install-sh or 
> > install.sh" using a fresh download of ruby 1.8.4.
> >
> > I can't find the file, is it part of the ruby source or the 
> compiler?
> 
> It is sitting in cvs:

Except that it's a 0 byte file that hasn't been updated since August 13,
1999, unless I'm missing something.

For Solaris I just used the install-sh that was shipped with automake.
However, I have to hand edit the Makefile to change "./install-sh" to
just "install-sh" to make things work. :(

Dan


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