[PATCH 05/10] install: check for non-SysV version (Solaris support)

[Blake Jones]

> On Mon, 05 Nov 2012, Blake Jones <blakej at foo.net> wrote:
> >> > +INSTALL="install"
> >> > +printf "Checking for working \"install\" program... "
> >> > +mkdir _tmp_
> >> 
> >> This doesn't feel like a hot idea.
> >
> > Out of curiosity, why not?
> 
> Note that I'm only referring to creating temp directories like this to
> check for the install tool compatibility; otherwise I'm fine with the
> general approach.

Sure.  But what's wrong with creating a temp directory?  The configure
script creates plenty of temp files for testing compiler features and
library symbol availability.

Blake