The minimum-change, safest way to address the issue is to take out configure.in's search for an install and always
useinstall-sh unless the user specifically overrides that. Using AC_PROG_INSTALL looks to me like it introduces more
risk;there's a possibility that it will settle on an install that isn't really compatible, which is the same problem
we'vegot now. On the other hand, there's a lot to be said for using standardized solutions, and AC_PROG_INSTALL is
presumablypretty well tested...
Why not just go with AC_PROG_INSTALL since it gets tested by all the
other gnu software installations anyway. If there are special cases
that it doesn't grok we can always put it inside a conditional based
on a --with-install=/your/favorite/install/program configure option.
I doubt we really will need that, though.
Cheers,
Brook
