'install -d' fails on BSDI systems.

[Yhg1s]

BPO	408820
Nosy	@tim-one, @Yhg1s, @akuchling, @nascheme
Files	install_bsdi.diff

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[Yhg1s]

Apparently the Makefile was changed to use 'install -d'
to create directories. This does not work on BSDI. It
seems to be an autoconf failure (since configure.in
just contains 'AC_PROG_INSTALL' but I haven't
experienced this before, with other software or with
Python.

[tim-one]

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Assigned to Andrew because he's been known to succeed when
installing things <ahem>.

[akuchling]

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Makefile stuff is Neil's province.

[nascheme]

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Thomas, can you give this patch a go?

[Yhg1s]

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Nope, doesn't work. In fact, it royally screws my
installation... However, if you change 'install-sh' to
'install-sh -c', it does work properly ;) Can we check in a
modified version before the final release ? That would be
nice!

[nascheme]

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Checked in with the -c fix. Thanks for the testing Thomas.