diff -ur fileutils-4.1.orig/src/install.c fileutils-4.1/src/install.c
--- fileutils-4.1.orig/src/install.c	Mon Dec 25 06:07:36 2000
+++ fileutils-4.1/src/install.c	Fri Mar 15 00:01:40 2002
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@
 static int install_file_in_file PARAMS ((const char *from, const char *to,
 					 const struct cp_options *x));
 static void get_ids PARAMS ((void));
+static void log_add_install PARAMS ((const char *to));
+static void log_finalize PARAMS ((void));
+static void log_init PARAMS ((const char *path));
 static void strip PARAMS ((const char *path));
 void usage PARAMS ((int status));
 
@@ -124,6 +127,9 @@
 /* If nonzero, install a directory instead of a regular file. */
 static int dir_arg;
 
+/* The filehandle of the log (if any) */
+static FILE *log_file;
+
 static struct option const long_options[] =
 {
   {"backup", optional_argument, NULL, 'b'},
@@ -191,6 +197,7 @@
   struct cp_options x;
   int n_files;
   char **file;
+  char *log_fn = NULL;
 
   program_name = argv[0];
   setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
@@ -206,11 +213,16 @@
   strip_files = 0;
   dir_arg = 0;
   umask (0);
+  log_file = NULL;
 
   /* FIXME: consider not calling getenv for SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX unless
      we'll actually use backup_suffix_string.  */
   backup_suffix_string = getenv ("SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX");
 
+  log_fn = getenv("INSTALL_LOG");
+  if (log_fn)
+    log_init(log_fn);  
+
   while ((optc = getopt_long (argc, argv, "bcsDdg:m:o:pvV:S:", long_options,
 			      NULL)) != -1)
     {
@@ -346,6 +358,8 @@
 	}
     }
 
+  log_finalize();
+
   exit (errors);
 }
 
@@ -392,6 +406,7 @@
 {
   if (copy_file (from, to, x))
     return 1;
+  log_add_install(to);
   if (strip_files)
     strip (to);
   if (change_attributes (to))
@@ -588,6 +603,32 @@
   else
     group_id = (gid_t) -1;
 }
+
+
+static void
+log_add_install (const char *to)
+{
+  if (log_file)
+      fprintf(log_file, "install: %s\n", to);
+}
+
+
+static void
+log_finalize (void)
+{
+  if (log_file)
+    fclose(log_file);
+}
+
+
+static void
+log_init (const char *path)
+{
+  log_file = fopen (path, "a");
+  if (!log_file)
+      error (0, 1, "cannot open log %s", path);
+}
+
 
 void
 usage (int status)
diff -ur fileutils-4.1.orig/tests/install/Makefile.am fileutils-4.1/tests/install/Makefile.am
--- fileutils-4.1.orig/tests/install/Makefile.am	Sun Feb 27 09:10:57 2000
+++ fileutils-4.1/tests/install/Makefile.am	Thu Mar 14 23:48:59 2002
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in -*-Makefile-*-.
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.3 gnits
 
-TESTS = basic-1 create-leading
+TESTS = basic-1 create-leading create-log
 EXTRA_DIST = $(TESTS)
 TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = \
   PATH=`pwd`/../../src:$$PATH