diff --git a/build-aux/mdate-sh b/build-aux/mdate-sh
line changes: +116/-12
index f1265e6..cd916c0
--- a/build-aux/mdate-sh
+++ b/build-aux/mdate-sh

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Get modification time of a file or directory and pretty-print it.
-# Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+scriptversion=2005-06-29.22
+
+# Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc.
 # written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, June 1995
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify

@@ -22,6 +26,31 @@
 # configuration script generated by Autoconf, you may include it under
 # the same distribution terms that you use for the rest of that program.
 
+# This file is maintained in Automake, please report
+# bugs to <bug-automake@gnu.org> or send patches to
+# <automake-patches@gnu.org>.
+
+case $1 in
+  '')
+     echo "$0: No file.  Try \`$0 --help' for more information." 1>&2
+     exit 1;
+     ;;
+  -h | --h*)
+    cat <<\EOF
+Usage: mdate-sh [--help] [--version] FILE
+
+Pretty-print the modification time of FILE.
+
+Report bugs to <bug-automake@gnu.org>.
+EOF
+    exit $?
+    ;;
+  -v | --v*)
+    echo "mdate-sh $scriptversion"
+    exit $?
+    ;;
+esac
+
 # Prevent date giving response in another language.
 LANG=C
 export LANG

@@ -30,24 +59,46 @@ export LC_ALL
 LC_TIME=C
 export LC_TIME
 
-# Get the extended ls output of the file or directory.
-# On HPUX /bin/sh, "set" interprets "-rw-r--r--" as options, so the "x" below.
+# GNU ls changes its time format in response to the TIME_STYLE
+# variable.  Since we cannot assume `unset' works, revert this
+# variable to its documented default.
+if test "${TIME_STYLE+set}" = set; then
+  TIME_STYLE=posix-long-iso
+  export TIME_STYLE
+fi
+
+save_arg1=$1
+
+# Find out how to get the extended ls output of a file or directory.
 if ls -L /dev/null 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  set - x`ls -L -l -d $1`
+  ls_command='ls -L -l -d'
 else
-  set - x`ls -l -d $1`
+  ls_command='ls -l -d'
 fi
-# The month is at least the fourth argument
-# (3 shifts here, the next inside the loop).
-shift
-shift
-shift
 
-# Find the month.  Next argument is day, followed by the year or time.
+# A `ls -l' line looks as follows on OS/2.
+#  drwxrwx---        0 Aug 11  2001 foo
+# This differs from Unix, which adds ownership information.
+#  drwxrwx---   2 root  root      4096 Aug 11  2001 foo
+#
+# To find the date, we split the line on spaces and iterate on words
+# until we find a month.  This cannot work with files whose owner is a
+# user named `Jan', or `Feb', etc.  However, it's unlikely that `/'
+# will be owned by a user whose name is a month.  So we first look at
+# the extended ls output of the root directory to decide how many
+# words should be skipped to get the date.
+
+# On HPUX /bin/sh, "set" interprets "-rw-r--r--" as options, so the "x" below.
+set x`ls -l -d /`
+
+# Find which argument is the month.
 month=
+command=
 until test $month
 do
   shift
+  # Add another shift to the command.
+  command="$command shift;"
   case $1 in
     Jan) month=January; nummonth=1;;
     Feb) month=February; nummonth=2;;

@@ -64,7 +115,51 @@ do
   esac
 done
 
-day=$2
+# Get the extended ls output of the file or directory.
+set dummy x`eval "$ls_command \"\$save_arg1\""`
+
+# Remove all preceding arguments
+eval $command
+
+# Because of the dummy argument above, month is in $2.
+#
+# On a POSIX system, we should have
+#
+# $# = 5
+# $1 = file size
+# $2 = month
+# $3 = day
+# $4 = year or time
+# $5 = filename
+#
+# On Darwin 7.7.0 and 7.6.0, we have
+#
+# $# = 4
+# $1 = day
+# $2 = month
+# $3 = year or time
+# $4 = filename
+
+# Get the month.
+case $2 in
+  Jan) month=January; nummonth=1;;
+  Feb) month=February; nummonth=2;;
+  Mar) month=March; nummonth=3;;
+  Apr) month=April; nummonth=4;;
+  May) month=May; nummonth=5;;
+  Jun) month=June; nummonth=6;;
+  Jul) month=July; nummonth=7;;
+  Aug) month=August; nummonth=8;;
+  Sep) month=September; nummonth=9;;
+  Oct) month=October; nummonth=10;;
+  Nov) month=November; nummonth=11;;
+  Dec) month=December; nummonth=12;;
+esac
+
+case $3 in
+  ???*) day=$1;;
+  *) day=$3; shift;;
+esac
 
 # Here we have to deal with the problem that the ls output gives either
 # the time of day or the year.

@@ -95,3 +190,12 @@ esac
 
 # The result.
 echo $day $month $year
+
+# Local Variables:
+# mode: shell-script
+# sh-indentation: 2
+# eval: (add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'time-stamp)
+# time-stamp-start: "scriptversion="
+# time-stamp-format: "%:y-%02m-%02d.%02H"
+# time-stamp-end: "$"
+# End:

diff --git a/build-aux/mkinstalldirs b/build-aux/mkinstalldirs
line changes: +15/-7
index 7f4333b..259dbfc
--- a/build-aux/mkinstalldirs
+++ b/build-aux/mkinstalldirs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # mkinstalldirs --- make directory hierarchy
 
-scriptversion=2005-05-14.22
+scriptversion=2005-06-29.22
 
 # Original author: Noah Friedman <friedman@prep.ai.mit.edu>
 # Created: 1993-05-16

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ scriptversion=2005-05-14.22
 # <automake-patches@gnu.org>.
 
 errstatus=0
-dirmode=""
+dirmode=
 
 usage="\
 Usage: mkinstalldirs [-h] [--help] [--version] [-m MODE] DIR ...

@@ -103,13 +103,21 @@ esac
 
 for file
 do
-  set fnord `echo ":$file" | sed -ne 's/^:\//#/;s/^://;s/\// /g;s/^#/\//;p'`
+  case $file in
+    /*) pathcomp=/ ;;
+    *)  pathcomp= ;;
+  esac
+  oIFS=$IFS
+  IFS=/
+  set fnord $file
   shift
+  IFS=$oIFS
 
-  pathcomp=
   for d
   do
-    pathcomp="$pathcomp$d"
+    test "x$d" = x && continue
+
+    pathcomp=$pathcomp$d
     case $pathcomp in
       -*) pathcomp=./$pathcomp ;;
     esac

@@ -124,7 +132,7 @@ do
       else
 	if test ! -z "$dirmode"; then
 	  echo "chmod $dirmode $pathcomp"
-	  lasterr=""
+	  lasterr=
 	  chmod "$dirmode" "$pathcomp" || lasterr=$?
 
 	  if test ! -z "$lasterr"; then

@@ -134,7 +142,7 @@ do
       fi
     fi
 
-    pathcomp="$pathcomp/"
+    pathcomp=$pathcomp/
   done
 done