diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 62ea076c1f700124838ce1e6f91bbe3e8945c6c5..54caf7c190f28df0279ade5fee3d43b108480a14 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Copyright 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation,
-Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software
+Foundation, Inc.
 
    This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
 unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@ Compilers and Options
 the `configure' script does not know about.  Run `./configure --help'
 for details on some of the pertinent environment variables.
 
-   You can give `configure' initial values for variables by setting
-them in the environment.  You can do that on the command line like this:
+   You can give `configure' initial values for configuration parameters
+by setting variables in the command line or in the environment.  Here
+is an example:
 
      ./configure CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix
 
@@ -137,9 +138,10 @@ Specifying the System Type
 ==========================
 
    There may be some features `configure' cannot figure out
-automatically, but needs to determine by the type of host the package
-will run on.  Usually `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints
-a message saying it cannot guess the host type, give it the
+automatically, but needs to determine by the type of machine the package
+will run on.  Usually, assuming the package is built to be run on the
+_same_ architectures, `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints
+a message saying it cannot guess the machine type, give it the
 `--build=TYPE' option.  TYPE can either be a short name for the system
 type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name which has the form:
 
@@ -151,20 +153,16 @@ where SYSTEM can have one of these forms:
 
    See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field.  If
 `config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't
-need to know the host type.
+need to know the machine type.
 
    If you are _building_ compiler tools for cross-compiling, you should
 use the `--target=TYPE' option to select the type of system they will
 produce code for.
 
    If you want to _use_ a cross compiler, that generates code for a
-platform different from the build platform, you should specify the host
-platform (i.e., that on which the generated programs will eventually be
-run) with `--host=TYPE'.  In this case, you should also specify the
-build platform with `--build=TYPE', because, in this case, it may not
-be possible to guess the build platform (it sometimes involves
-compiling and running simple test programs, and this can't be done if
-the compiler is a cross compiler).
+platform different from the build platform, you should specify the
+"host" platform (i.e., that on which the generated programs will
+eventually be run) with `--host=TYPE'.
 
 Sharing Defaults
 ================
diff --git a/README b/README
index 3ca6694630d86e770357ec766d8baa2d560afa95..5e357136852a7292042ba04b3222d485a963fa22 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Contents
 I.   Introduction
 II.  External Packages (both required and optional packages)
 III. Configure Options
-
+IV.  Compiler flags
 
 I) Introduction
 ===============
@@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ The following quotes the online-help obtained by running "configure
                           (default: PREFIX/include/)
 
 
-4.) CFLAGS and FFLAGS settings
-------------------------------
+IV. Compiler flags settings
+===========================
 
 The default flags for the optimised libraries are "-O3" when using gcc
 and "-O" otherwise.
@@ -310,16 +310,36 @@ The default flags for the debugging-enabled libraries are
 "-O0 -ggdb -fno-inline -fno-builtin" with gcc and "-g" otherwise.
 
 You are strongly encouraged to change this. To do so, you can set the
-environment variables CFLAGS, FFLAGS and ALBERTA_DEBUG_CFLAGS before
-you run configure. You can also set these variables on the
-command-line of the make program, e.g. with a recent gcc on a Pentium
-4 you could use
+environment variables
+
+ALBERTA_OPTIMISE_CFLAGS
+ALBERTA_DEBUG_CFLAGS
+FFLAGS
+
+before you run configure. You can also set these variables on the
+command-line of the configure or the make program, e.g. with a recent
+gcc on a Pentium 4 you could use
+
+configure ALBERTA_OPTIMISE_CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -mfpmath=sse"
+
+or (later, when building the libraries)
 
-make CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -mfpmath=sse"
+make ALBERTA_OPTIMISE_CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -mfpmath=sse"
 
 You have to consult the documentation for the compiler(s) you are using
 to determine the appropriate switches for your setup.
 
+NOTE: if you use the CFLAGS-variable, then it's value will be appended
+to the compiler flags at built-time. So using e.g.
+
+make CFLAGS="-O3 -funroll-all-loops -g0" ALBERT_DEBUG_CFLAGS="-ggdb"
+
+will result in '-ggdb -O3 -funroll-all-loops -g0' for the
+debug-enabled libraries which is probably not what you want.
+
+You still can use CFLAGS to set compiler flags used for both,
+optimising and debug-enabled objects.
+
 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 PLEASE LEAVE HERE FOR ISPELL:
diff --git a/depcomp b/depcomp
index 368e3be93e0b80b87f428763574b9d099bd38bfd..51606f8c4632e402516abd7afb1071a2c3b18a99 100755
--- a/depcomp
+++ b/depcomp
@@ -206,19 +206,53 @@ aix)
   rm -f "$tmpdepfile"
   ;;
 
+icc)
+  # Must come before tru64.
+
+  # Intel's C compiler understands `-MD -MF file'.  However
+  #    icc -MD -MF foo.d -c -o sub/foo.o sub/foo.c
+  # will fill foo.d with something like
+  #    foo.o: sub/foo.c
+  #    foo.o: sub/foo.h
+  # which is wrong.  We want:
+  #    sub/foo.o: sub/foo.c
+  #    sub/foo.o: sub/foo.h
+  #    sub/foo.c:
+  #    sub/foo.h:
+
+  "$@" -MD -MF "$tmpdepfile"
+  stat=$?
+  if test $stat -eq 0; then :
+  else
+    rm -f "$tmpdepfile"
+    exit $stat
+  fi
+  rm -f "$depfile"
+  # Each line is of the form `foo.o: dependent.h'.
+  # Do two passes, one to just change these to
+  # `$object: dependent.h' and one to simply `dependent.h:'.
+  sed -e "s,^[^:]*:,$object :," < "$tmpdepfile" > "$depfile"
+  sed -e "s,^[^:]*: \(.*\)$,\1:," < "$tmpdepfile" >> "$depfile"
+  rm -f "$tmpdepfile"
+  ;;
+
 tru64)
-   # The Tru64 AIX compiler uses -MD to generate dependencies as a side
+   # The Tru64 compiler uses -MD to generate dependencies as a side
    # effect.  `cc -MD -o foo.o ...' puts the dependencies into `foo.o.d'.
-   # At least on Alpha/Redhat 6.1, Compaq CCC V6.2-504 seems to put 
+   # At least on Alpha/Redhat 6.1, Compaq CCC V6.2-504 seems to put
    # dependencies in `foo.d' instead, so we check for that too.
    # Subdirectories are respected.
+   dir=`echo "$object" | sed -e 's|/[^/]*$|/|'`
+   test "x$dir" = "x$object" && dir=
+   base=`echo "$object" | sed -e 's|^.*/||' -e 's/\.o$//' -e 's/\.lo$//'`
 
-   base=`echo "$object" | sed -e 's/\.o$/.d/' -e 's/\.lo$/.d/'`
-   tmpdepfile1="$base.o.d"
-   tmpdepfile2="$base.d"
    if test "$libtool" = yes; then
+      tmpdepfile1="$dir.libs/$base.lo.d"
+      tmpdepfile2="$dir.libs/$base.d"
       "$@" -Wc,-MD
    else
+      tmpdepfile1="$dir$base.o.d"
+      tmpdepfile2="$dir$base.d"
       "$@" -MD
    fi
 
@@ -250,34 +284,42 @@ tru64)
 
 dashmstdout)
   # Important note: in order to support this mode, a compiler *must*
-  # always write the proprocessed file to stdout, regardless of -o,
-  # because we must use -o when running libtool.
-  test -z "$dashmflag" && dashmflag=-M
-  ( IFS=" "
-    case " $* " in
-    *" --mode=compile "*) # this is libtool, let us make it quiet
-      for arg
-      do # cycle over the arguments
-        case "$arg" in
-	"--mode=compile")
-	  # insert --quiet before "--mode=compile"
-	  set fnord "$@" --quiet
-	  shift # fnord
-	  ;;
-	esac
-	set fnord "$@" "$arg"
-	shift # fnord
-	shift # "$arg"
-      done
+  # always write the proprocessed file to stdout, regardless of -o.
+  "$@" || exit $?
+
+  # Remove the call to Libtool.
+  if test "$libtool" = yes; then
+    while test $1 != '--mode=compile'; do
+      shift
+    done
+    shift
+  fi
+
+  # Remove `-o $object'.
+  IFS=" "
+  for arg
+  do
+    case $arg in
+    -o)
+      shift
+      ;;
+    $object)
+      shift
+      ;;
+    *)
+      set fnord "$@" "$arg"
+      shift # fnord
+      shift # $arg
       ;;
     esac
-    "$@" $dashmflag | sed 's:^[^:]*\:[ 	]*:'"$object"'\: :' > "$tmpdepfile"
-  ) &
-  proc=$!
-  "$@"
-  stat=$?
-  wait "$proc"
-  if test "$stat" != 0; then exit $stat; fi
+  done
+
+  test -z "$dashmflag" && dashmflag=-M
+  # Require at least two characters before searching for `:'
+  # in the target name.  This is to cope with DOS-style filenames:
+  # a dependency such as `c:/foo/bar' could be seen as target `c' otherwise.
+  "$@" $dashmflag |
+    sed 's:^[  ]*[^: ][^:][^:]*\:[    ]*:'"$object"'\: :' > "$tmpdepfile"
   rm -f "$depfile"
   cat < "$tmpdepfile" > "$depfile"
   tr ' ' '
@@ -295,33 +337,37 @@ dashXmstdout)
   ;;
 
 makedepend)
-  # X makedepend
-  (
-    shift
-    cleared=no
-    for arg in "$@"; do
-      case $cleared in no)
-        set ""; shift
-	cleared=yes
-      esac
-      case "$arg" in
-        -D*|-I*)
-	  set fnord "$@" "$arg"; shift;;
-	-*)
-	  ;;
-	*)
-	  set fnord "$@" "$arg"; shift;;
-      esac
+  "$@" || exit $?
+  # Remove any Libtool call
+  if test "$libtool" = yes; then
+    while test $1 != '--mode=compile'; do
+      shift
     done
-    obj_suffix="`echo $object | sed 's/^.*\././'`"
-    touch "$tmpdepfile"
-    ${MAKEDEPEND-makedepend} 2>/dev/null -o"$obj_suffix" -f"$tmpdepfile" "$@"
-  ) &
-  proc=$!
-  "$@"
-  stat=$?
-  wait "$proc"
-  if test "$stat" != 0; then exit $stat; fi
+    shift
+  fi
+  # X makedepend
+  shift
+  cleared=no
+  for arg in "$@"; do
+    case $cleared in
+    no)
+      set ""; shift
+      cleared=yes ;;
+    esac
+    case "$arg" in
+    -D*|-I*)
+      set fnord "$@" "$arg"; shift ;;
+    # Strip any option that makedepend may not understand.  Remove
+    # the object too, otherwise makedepend will parse it as a source file.
+    -*|$object)
+      ;;
+    *)
+      set fnord "$@" "$arg"; shift ;;
+    esac
+  done
+  obj_suffix="`echo $object | sed 's/^.*\././'`"
+  touch "$tmpdepfile"
+  ${MAKEDEPEND-makedepend} -o"$obj_suffix" -f"$tmpdepfile" "$@"
   rm -f "$depfile"
   cat < "$tmpdepfile" > "$depfile"
   sed '1,2d' "$tmpdepfile" | tr ' ' '
@@ -334,35 +380,39 @@ makedepend)
 
 cpp)
   # Important note: in order to support this mode, a compiler *must*
-  # always write the proprocessed file to stdout, regardless of -o,
-  # because we must use -o when running libtool.
-  ( IFS=" "
-    case " $* " in
-    *" --mode=compile "*)
-      for arg
-      do # cycle over the arguments
-        case $arg in
-	"--mode=compile")
-	  # insert --quiet before "--mode=compile"
-	  set fnord "$@" --quiet
-	  shift # fnord
-	  ;;
-	esac
-	set fnord "$@" "$arg"
-	shift # fnord
-	shift # "$arg"
-      done
+  # always write the proprocessed file to stdout.
+  "$@" || exit $?
+
+  # Remove the call to Libtool.
+  if test "$libtool" = yes; then
+    while test $1 != '--mode=compile'; do
+      shift
+    done
+    shift
+  fi
+
+  # Remove `-o $object'.
+  IFS=" "
+  for arg
+  do
+    case $arg in
+    -o)
+      shift
+      ;;
+    $object)
+      shift
+      ;;
+    *)
+      set fnord "$@" "$arg"
+      shift # fnord
+      shift # $arg
       ;;
     esac
-    "$@" -E |
+  done
+
+  "$@" -E |
     sed -n '/^# [0-9][0-9]* "\([^"]*\)".*/ s:: \1 \\:p' |
     sed '$ s: \\$::' > "$tmpdepfile"
-  ) &
-  proc=$!
-  "$@"
-  stat=$?
-  wait "$proc"
-  if test "$stat" != 0; then exit $stat; fi
   rm -f "$depfile"
   echo "$object : \\" > "$depfile"
   cat < "$tmpdepfile" >> "$depfile"
@@ -374,47 +424,25 @@ msvisualcpp)
   # Important note: in order to support this mode, a compiler *must*
   # always write the proprocessed file to stdout, regardless of -o,
   # because we must use -o when running libtool.
-  ( IFS=" "
-    case " $* " in
-    *" --mode=compile "*)
-      for arg
-      do # cycle over the arguments
-        case $arg in
-	"--mode=compile")
-	  # insert --quiet before "--mode=compile"
-	  set fnord "$@" --quiet
-	  shift # fnord
-	  ;;
-	esac
-	set fnord "$@" "$arg"
-	shift # fnord
-	shift # "$arg"
-      done
-      ;;
-    esac
-    for arg
-    do
-      case "$arg" in
-      "-Gm"|"/Gm"|"-Gi"|"/Gi"|"-ZI"|"/ZI")
+  "$@" || exit $?
+  IFS=" "
+  for arg
+  do
+    case "$arg" in
+    "-Gm"|"/Gm"|"-Gi"|"/Gi"|"-ZI"|"/ZI")
 	set fnord "$@"
 	shift
 	shift
 	;;
-      *)
+    *)
 	set fnord "$@" "$arg"
 	shift
 	shift
 	;;
-      esac
-    done
-    "$@" -E |
-    sed -n '/^#line [0-9][0-9]* "\([^"]*\)"/ s::echo "`cygpath -u \\"\1\\"`":p' | sort | uniq > "$tmpdepfile"
-  ) &
-  proc=$!
-  "$@"
-  stat=$?
-  wait "$proc"
-  if test "$stat" != 0; then exit $stat; fi
+    esac
+  done
+  "$@" -E |
+  sed -n '/^#line [0-9][0-9]* "\([^"]*\)"/ s::echo "`cygpath -u \\"\1\\"`":p' | sort | uniq > "$tmpdepfile"
   rm -f "$depfile"
   echo "$object : \\" > "$depfile"
   . "$tmpdepfile" | sed 's% %\\ %g' | sed -n '/^\(.*\)$/ s::	\1 \\:p' >> "$depfile"
diff --git a/install-sh b/install-sh
index 398a88e1421823561abbf2d48ca8f263babc04d9..0ec27bcd488da5cad6ead13d70accbdbc40d31ef 100755
--- a/install-sh
+++ b/install-sh
@@ -1,19 +1,37 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # install - install a program, script, or datafile
-# This comes from X11R5 (mit/util/scripts/install.sh).
 #
-# Copyright 1991 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
+# This originates from X11R5 (mit/util/scripts/install.sh), which was
+# later released in X11R6 (xc/config/util/install.sh) with the
+# following copyright and license.
 #
-# Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its
-# documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that
-# the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
-# copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
-# documentation, and that the name of M.I.T. not be used in advertising or
-# publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific,
-# written prior permission.  M.I.T. makes no representations about the
-# suitability of this software for any purpose.  It is provided "as is"
-# without express or implied warranty.
+# Copyright (C) 1994 X Consortium
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+# deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+# rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+# sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# X CONSORTIUM BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+# AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNEC-
+# TION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+#
+# Except as contained in this notice, the name of the X Consortium shall not
+# be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other deal-
+# ings in this Software without prior written authorization from the X Consor-
+# tium.
+#
+#
+# FSF changes to this file are in the public domain.
 #
 # Calling this script install-sh is preferred over install.sh, to prevent
 # `make' implicit rules from creating a file called install from it
@@ -56,7 +74,7 @@ dir_arg=""
 
 while [ x"$1" != x ]; do
     case $1 in
-	-c) instcmd="$cpprog"
+	-c) instcmd=$cpprog
 	    shift
 	    continue;;
 
@@ -79,7 +97,7 @@ while [ x"$1" != x ]; do
 	    shift
 	    continue;;
 
-	-s) stripcmd="$stripprog"
+	-s) stripcmd=$stripprog
 	    shift
 	    continue;;
 
@@ -106,7 +124,7 @@ done
 
 if [ x"$src" = x ]
 then
-	echo "install:	no input file specified"
+	echo "$0: no input file specified" >&2
 	exit 1
 else
 	:
@@ -115,8 +133,8 @@ fi
 if [ x"$dir_arg" != x ]; then
 	dst=$src
 	src=""
-	
-	if [ -d $dst ]; then
+
+	if [ -d "$dst" ]; then
 		instcmd=:
 		chmodcmd=""
 	else
@@ -125,20 +143,20 @@ if [ x"$dir_arg" != x ]; then
 else
 
 # Waiting for this to be detected by the "$instcmd $src $dsttmp" command
-# might cause directories to be created, which would be especially bad 
+# might cause directories to be created, which would be especially bad
 # if $src (and thus $dsttmp) contains '*'.
 
-	if [ -f $src -o -d $src ]
+	if [ -f "$src" ] || [ -d "$src" ]
 	then
 		:
 	else
-		echo "install:  $src does not exist"
+		echo "$0: $src does not exist" >&2
 		exit 1
 	fi
-	
+
 	if [ x"$dst" = x ]
 	then
-		echo "install:	no destination specified"
+		echo "$0: no destination specified" >&2
 		exit 1
 	else
 		:
@@ -147,16 +165,16 @@ else
 # If destination is a directory, append the input filename; if your system
 # does not like double slashes in filenames, you may need to add some logic
 
-	if [ -d $dst ]
+	if [ -d "$dst" ]
 	then
-		dst="$dst"/`basename $src`
+		dst=$dst/`basename "$src"`
 	else
 		:
 	fi
 fi
 
 ## this sed command emulates the dirname command
-dstdir=`echo $dst | sed -e 's,[^/]*$,,;s,/$,,;s,^$,.,'`
+dstdir=`echo "$dst" | sed -e 's,[^/]*$,,;s,/$,,;s,^$,.,'`
 
 # Make sure that the destination directory exists.
 #  this part is taken from Noah Friedman's mkinstalldirs script
@@ -165,69 +183,73 @@ dstdir=`echo $dst | sed -e 's,[^/]*$,,;s,/$,,;s,^$,.,'`
 if [ ! -d "$dstdir" ]; then
 defaultIFS='
 	'
-IFS="${IFS-${defaultIFS}}"
+IFS="${IFS-$defaultIFS}"
 
-oIFS="${IFS}"
+oIFS=$IFS
 # Some sh's can't handle IFS=/ for some reason.
 IFS='%'
-set - `echo ${dstdir} | sed -e 's@/@%@g' -e 's@^%@/@'`
-IFS="${oIFS}"
+set - `echo "$dstdir" | sed -e 's@/@%@g' -e 's@^%@/@'`
+IFS=$oIFS
 
 pathcomp=''
 
 while [ $# -ne 0 ] ; do
-	pathcomp="${pathcomp}${1}"
+	pathcomp=$pathcomp$1
 	shift
 
-	if [ ! -d "${pathcomp}" ] ;
+	if [ ! -d "$pathcomp" ] ;
         then
-		$mkdirprog "${pathcomp}"
+		$mkdirprog "$pathcomp"
 	else
 		:
 	fi
 
-	pathcomp="${pathcomp}/"
+	pathcomp=$pathcomp/
 done
 fi
 
 if [ x"$dir_arg" != x ]
 then
-	$doit $instcmd $dst &&
+	$doit $instcmd "$dst" &&
 
-	if [ x"$chowncmd" != x ]; then $doit $chowncmd $dst; else : ; fi &&
-	if [ x"$chgrpcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chgrpcmd $dst; else : ; fi &&
-	if [ x"$stripcmd" != x ]; then $doit $stripcmd $dst; else : ; fi &&
-	if [ x"$chmodcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chmodcmd $dst; else : ; fi
+	if [ x"$chowncmd" != x ]; then $doit $chowncmd "$dst"; else : ; fi &&
+	if [ x"$chgrpcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chgrpcmd "$dst"; else : ; fi &&
+	if [ x"$stripcmd" != x ]; then $doit $stripcmd "$dst"; else : ; fi &&
+	if [ x"$chmodcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chmodcmd "$dst"; else : ; fi
 else
 
 # If we're going to rename the final executable, determine the name now.
 
-	if [ x"$transformarg" = x ] 
+	if [ x"$transformarg" = x ]
 	then
-		dstfile=`basename $dst`
+		dstfile=`basename "$dst"`
 	else
-		dstfile=`basename $dst $transformbasename | 
+		dstfile=`basename "$dst" $transformbasename |
 			sed $transformarg`$transformbasename
 	fi
 
 # don't allow the sed command to completely eliminate the filename
 
-	if [ x"$dstfile" = x ] 
+	if [ x"$dstfile" = x ]
 	then
-		dstfile=`basename $dst`
+		dstfile=`basename "$dst"`
 	else
 		:
 	fi
 
-# Make a temp file name in the proper directory.
+# Make a couple of temp file names in the proper directory.
 
 	dsttmp=$dstdir/#inst.$$#
+	rmtmp=$dstdir/#rm.$$#
 
-# Move or copy the file name to the temp name
+# Trap to clean up temp files at exit.
 
-	$doit $instcmd $src $dsttmp &&
+	trap 'status=$?; rm -f "$dsttmp" "$rmtmp" && exit $status' 0
+	trap '(exit $?); exit' 1 2 13 15
 
-	trap "rm -f ${dsttmp}" 0 &&
+# Move or copy the file name to the temp name
+
+	$doit $instcmd "$src" "$dsttmp" &&
 
 # and set any options; do chmod last to preserve setuid bits
 
@@ -235,17 +257,38 @@ else
 # ignore errors from any of these, just make sure not to ignore
 # errors from the above "$doit $instcmd $src $dsttmp" command.
 
-	if [ x"$chowncmd" != x ]; then $doit $chowncmd $dsttmp; else :;fi &&
-	if [ x"$chgrpcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chgrpcmd $dsttmp; else :;fi &&
-	if [ x"$stripcmd" != x ]; then $doit $stripcmd $dsttmp; else :;fi &&
-	if [ x"$chmodcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chmodcmd $dsttmp; else :;fi &&
+	if [ x"$chowncmd" != x ]; then $doit $chowncmd "$dsttmp"; else :;fi &&
+	if [ x"$chgrpcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chgrpcmd "$dsttmp"; else :;fi &&
+	if [ x"$stripcmd" != x ]; then $doit $stripcmd "$dsttmp"; else :;fi &&
+	if [ x"$chmodcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chmodcmd "$dsttmp"; else :;fi &&
+
+# Now remove or move aside any old file at destination location.  We try this
+# two ways since rm can't unlink itself on some systems and the destination
+# file might be busy for other reasons.  In this case, the final cleanup
+# might fail but the new file should still install successfully.
+
+{
+	if [ -f "$dstdir/$dstfile" ]
+	then
+		$doit $rmcmd -f "$dstdir/$dstfile" 2>/dev/null ||
+		$doit $mvcmd -f "$dstdir/$dstfile" "$rmtmp" 2>/dev/null ||
+		{
+		  echo "$0: cannot unlink or rename $dstdir/$dstfile" >&2
+		  (exit 1); exit
+		}
+	else
+		:
+	fi
+} &&
 
 # Now rename the file to the real destination.
 
-	$doit $rmcmd -f $dstdir/$dstfile &&
-	$doit $mvcmd $dsttmp $dstdir/$dstfile 
+	$doit $mvcmd "$dsttmp" "$dstdir/$dstfile"
 
 fi &&
 
+# The final little trick to "correctly" pass the exit status to the exit trap.
 
-exit 0
+{
+	(exit 0); exit
+}
diff --git a/missing b/missing
index dd583709f535918128e0f8d3b6a4fddf64c87cec..6a37006e8f0a69ddbf5b383c882beb60cbe04d12 100755
--- a/missing
+++ b/missing
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Common stub for a few missing GNU programs while installing.
-# Copyright 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 # Originally by Fran,cois Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>, 1996.
 
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -293,23 +293,23 @@ WARNING: \`$1' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
     # Look for gnutar/gtar before invocation to avoid ugly error
     # messages.
     if (gnutar --version > /dev/null 2>&1); then
-       gnutar ${1+"$@"} && exit 0
+       gnutar "$@" && exit 0
     fi
     if (gtar --version > /dev/null 2>&1); then
-       gtar ${1+"$@"} && exit 0
+       gtar "$@" && exit 0
     fi
     firstarg="$1"
     if shift; then
 	case "$firstarg" in
 	*o*)
 	    firstarg=`echo "$firstarg" | sed s/o//`
-	    tar "$firstarg" ${1+"$@"} && exit 0
+	    tar "$firstarg" "$@" && exit 0
 	    ;;
 	esac
 	case "$firstarg" in
 	*h*)
 	    firstarg=`echo "$firstarg" | sed s/h//`
-	    tar "$firstarg" ${1+"$@"} && exit 0
+	    tar "$firstarg" "$@" && exit 0
 	    ;;
 	esac
     fi
diff --git a/mkinstalldirs b/mkinstalldirs
index 867ac21b4360f362388d0a980ee922c9e9929e9b..d2d5f21b611235316317197d3a32c2dff5897a6f 100755
--- a/mkinstalldirs
+++ b/mkinstalldirs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 # Created: 1993-05-16
 # Public domain
 
-# $Id: mkinstalldirs,v 1.3 2002/07/05 09:54:38 dani Exp $
-
 errstatus=0
 dirmode=""
 
@@ -14,18 +12,29 @@ Usage: mkinstalldirs [-h] [--help] [-m mode] dir ..."
 
 # process command line arguments
 while test $# -gt 0 ; do
-   case "${1}" in
-     -h | --help | --h* )			# -h for help
-	echo "${usage}" 1>&2; exit 0 ;;
-     -m )					# -m PERM arg
-	shift
-	test $# -eq 0 && { echo "${usage}" 1>&2; exit 1; }
-	dirmode="${1}"
-	shift ;;
-     -- ) shift; break ;;			# stop option processing
-     -* ) echo "${usage}" 1>&2; exit 1 ;;	# unknown option
-     * )  break ;;				# first non-opt arg
-   esac
+  case $1 in
+    -h | --help | --h*)         # -h for help
+      echo "$usage" 1>&2
+      exit 0
+      ;;
+    -m)                         # -m PERM arg
+      shift
+      test $# -eq 0 && { echo "$usage" 1>&2; exit 1; }
+      dirmode=$1
+      shift
+      ;;
+    --)                         # stop option processing
+      shift
+      break
+      ;;
+    -*)                         # unknown option
+      echo "$usage" 1>&2
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+    *)                          # first non-opt arg
+      break
+      ;;
+  esac
 done
 
 for file
@@ -38,64 +47,65 @@ do
 done
 
 case $# in
-0) exit 0 ;;
+  0) exit 0 ;;
 esac
 
 case $dirmode in
-'')
-  if mkdir -p -- . 2>/dev/null; then
-    echo "mkdir -p -- $*"
-    exec mkdir -p -- "$@"
-  fi ;;
-*)
-  if mkdir -m "$dirmode" -p -- . 2>/dev/null; then
-    echo "mkdir -m $dirmode -p -- $*"
-    exec mkdir -m "$dirmode" -p -- "$@"
-  fi ;;
+  '')
+    if mkdir -p -- . 2>/dev/null; then
+      echo "mkdir -p -- $*"
+      exec mkdir -p -- "$@"
+    fi
+    ;;
+  *)
+    if mkdir -m "$dirmode" -p -- . 2>/dev/null; then
+      echo "mkdir -m $dirmode -p -- $*"
+      exec mkdir -m "$dirmode" -p -- "$@"
+    fi
+    ;;
 esac
 
 for file
 do
-   set fnord `echo ":$file" | sed -ne 's/^:\//#/;s/^://;s/\// /g;s/^#/\//;p'`
-   shift
-
-   pathcomp=
-   for d
-   do
-     pathcomp="$pathcomp$d"
-     case "$pathcomp" in
-       -* ) pathcomp=./$pathcomp ;;
-     esac
-
-     if test ! -d "$pathcomp"; then
-	echo "mkdir $pathcomp"
-
-	mkdir "$pathcomp" || lasterr=$?
-
-	if test ! -d "$pathcomp"; then
-	  errstatus=$lasterr
-	else
-	  if test ! -z "$dirmode"; then
-	     echo "chmod $dirmode $pathcomp"
-
-	     lasterr=""
-	     chmod "$dirmode" "$pathcomp" || lasterr=$?
-
-	     if test ! -z "$lasterr"; then
-	       errstatus=$lasterr
-	     fi
-	  fi
-	fi
-     fi
-
-     pathcomp="$pathcomp/"
-   done
+  set fnord `echo ":$file" | sed -ne 's/^:\//#/;s/^://;s/\// /g;s/^#/\//;p'`
+  shift
+
+  pathcomp=
+  for d
+  do
+    pathcomp="$pathcomp$d"
+    case $pathcomp in
+      -*) pathcomp=./$pathcomp ;;
+    esac
+
+    if test ! -d "$pathcomp"; then
+      echo "mkdir $pathcomp"
+
+      mkdir "$pathcomp" || lasterr=$?
+
+      if test ! -d "$pathcomp"; then
+  	errstatus=$lasterr
+      else
+  	if test ! -z "$dirmode"; then
+	  echo "chmod $dirmode $pathcomp"
+    	  lasterr=""
+  	  chmod "$dirmode" "$pathcomp" || lasterr=$?
+
+  	  if test ! -z "$lasterr"; then
+  	    errstatus=$lasterr
+  	  fi
+  	fi
+      fi
+    fi
+
+    pathcomp="$pathcomp/"
+  done
 done
 
 exit $errstatus
 
 # Local Variables:
 # mode: shell-script
-# sh-indentation: 3
+# sh-indentation: 2
 # End:
 # mkinstalldirs ends here