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by Daniel Berger.
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As of Ruby 1.8.3, makefile generation on Solaris is effectively broken with automake 2.59 because it no longer likes the Solaris 'install' program. At least, that's my understanding. The problem in Ruby's case is with default install targets. First, Solaris does not have install-sh by default, and second, the target looks for install-sh in the current directory instead of looking for it in the $PATH.
The workaround I'm using for now is to copy the install-sh that came with the automake package into my $PATH. However, for individual Makefiles you will still need to edit the file manually and replace "./install-sh" with "install-sh".
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