diff -rNu libtool-1.5.26.vanilla/tests/Makefile.in libtool-1.5.26.instd-test/tests/Makefile.in
--- libtool-1.5.26.vanilla/tests/Makefile.in	2008-02-01 17:38:41.000000000 +0100
+++ libtool-1.5.26.instd-test/tests/Makefile.in	2008-03-14 10:49:53.244749000 +0100
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@
 	demo-inst.test demo-unst.test \
 	depdemo-static.test depdemo-make.test \
 	depdemo-exec.test depdemo-inst.test depdemo-unst.test \
+	depdemo-instd.test depdemo-unst.test \
 	mdemo-static.test mdemo-make.test mdemo-exec.test \
 	mdemo-inst.test mdemo-unst.test \
 	cdemo-conf.test cdemo-make.test cdemo-exec.test \
@@ -191,6 +192,7 @@
 	demo-inst.test demo-unst.test deplibs.test \
 	depdemo-conf.test depdemo-make.test \
 	depdemo-exec.test depdemo-inst.test depdemo-unst.test \
+	depdemo-instd.test depdemo-unst.test \
 	mdemo-conf.test mdemo-make.test mdemo-exec.test \
 	mdemo-inst.test mdemo-unst.test dryrun.test \
 	demo-nofast.test demo-make.test demo-exec.test \
@@ -199,11 +201,13 @@
 	demo-nopic.test demo-make.test demo-exec.test \
 	depdemo-nofast.test depdemo-make.test \
 	depdemo-exec.test depdemo-inst.test depdemo-unst.test \
+	depdemo-instd.test depdemo-unst.test \
 	cdemo-shared.test cdemo-make.test cdemo-exec.test \
 	demo-shared.test demo-make.test demo-exec.test demo-inst.test \
 	hardcode.test build-relink.test noinst-link.test demo-unst.test \
 	depdemo-shared.test depdemo-make.test \
-	depdemo-exec.test depdemo-inst.test build-relink2.test \
+	depdemo-exec.test depdemo-instd.test depdemo-unst.test \
+	depdemo-inst.test build-relink2.test \
 	depdemo-unst.test \
 	mdemo-shared.test mdemo-make.test mdemo-exec.test \
 	mdemo-inst.test mdemo-unst.test \
diff -rNu libtool-1.5.26.vanilla/tests/defs libtool-1.5.26.instd-test/tests/defs
--- libtool-1.5.26.vanilla/tests/defs	2005-07-08 17:50:35.000000000 +0200
+++ libtool-1.5.26.instd-test/tests/defs	2008-03-14 10:49:53.254752000 +0100
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@
   prefix=NONE
 fi
 
+image="./_image"
+if test "$need_image" = yes; then
+  # An absolute path to an image directory.
+  test -d $image || mkdir $image
+  image=`cd $image && pwd`
+else
+  test -d $image && rm -rf $image
+  image=
+fi
+
 # Extract CC from the libtool configuration
 eval `$libtool --config | grep '^CC='`
 
diff -rNu libtool-1.5.26.vanilla/tests/depdemo-instd.test libtool-1.5.26.instd-test/tests/depdemo-instd.test
--- libtool-1.5.26.vanilla/tests/depdemo-instd.test	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ libtool-1.5.26.instd-test/tests/depdemo-instd.test	2008-03-14 10:49:53.264743000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+# depdemo-instd.test - try installing from the ../depdemo subdirectory via DESTDIR
+
+# Test script header.
+need_prefix=yes
+need_image=yes
+if test -z "$srcdir"; then
+  srcdir=`echo "$0" | sed 's%/[^/]*$%%'`
+  test "$srcdir" = "$0" && srcdir=.
+  test "${VERBOSE+set}" != "set" && VERBOSE=yes
+fi
+. $srcdir/defs || exit 1
+
+# Check that things are built.
+if test -f ../depdemo/depdemo$EXEEXT; then :
+else
+  echo "You must run depdemo-make.test before $0" 1>&2
+  exit 77
+fi
+
+# Change to our build directory.
+cd ../depdemo || exit 1
+
+echo "= Running $make install 'DESTDIR=$image' in ../depdemo"
+$make install DESTDIR="${image}" || exit 1
+
+echo "= Moving out of DESTDIR"
+
+rm -f fail
+{ ( cd "${image}/${prefix}"; tar cf - . ) || touch fail ; } |
+{ ( cd "${prefix}" ; tar xfv - ) || touch fail ; }
+if [ -f fail ]; then
+	echo "$0: failed to merge from ${image}/${prefix} to ${prefix}" 1>&2
+	rm -f fail
+	exit 1
+fi
+rm -rf "${image}/${prefix}"
+leftovers=`find "${image}" ! -type d ! -name '.*' -print`
+if test -n "$leftovers"; then
+  echo "= Leftover after merging from ${image}/${prefix}:"
+  ls -l $leftovers
+  ls -l $leftovers > ~/devel/savannah/arse
+  exit 1
+fi
+rm -rf "${image}"
+
+echo "= Executing installed programs"
+
+status=0
+if $prefix/bin/depdemo_static; then :
+else
+  echo "$0: cannot execute $prefix/bin/depdemo_static" 1>&2
+  status=1
+fi
+
+if $prefix/bin/depdemo; then :
+else
+  echo "$0: cannot execute $prefix/bin/depdemo" 1>&2
+
+  # Simple check to see if they are superuser.
+  if test -w /; then :
+  else
+    echo "You may need to run $0 as the superuser."
+  fi
+  status=1
+fi
+
+exit $status