install-strip target does not work when using nobase_ prefix

[Elmar Hoffmann]

Hi,

with automake 1.7.7 the lines

    ?BASE?%DIR%PROGRAMS_INSTALL = $(INSTALL_PROGRAM)
    ?!BASE?%DIR%PROGRAMS_INSTALL = $(install_sh_PROGRAM)

in progs.am cause automake to declare

    binPROGRAMS_INSTALL = $(INSTALL_PROGRAM)

in the default case, but

   nobase_binPROGRAMS_INSTALL = $(install_sh_PROGRAM)

when one uses the nobase_ prefix in Makefile.am as described in the
chapter "7. An Alternative Approach to Subdirectories" of the automake
manual.

This causes the install-strip target to not strip executables because
it only redefines INSTALL_PROGRAM but not install_sh_PROGRAM:

    install-strip:
            $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) INSTALL_PROGRAM="$(INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM)" \
              INSTALL_STRIP_FLAG=-s \
              `test -z '$(STRIP)' || \
                echo "INSTALL_PROGRAM_ENV=STRIPPROG='$(STRIP)'"` install

install_sh_PROGRAM remains defined to the default which does not strip
the executables.

elmar

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