possible bug in install mode for Libtool modules

[Schleicher Ralph (LLI)]

ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 1.4e (1.1192 2003/02/18 05:15:03)

Hi,

I'm cross compiling Libtool modules for a MinGW host on a HP-UX box.
When running 'make install', I get a strange error message:

/bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=install 
/home/raid/cea_adm/hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.00/bin/install -c cof_0102.la 
/home/w3016.5/schleich/tmp/ecs/share/ecs/matlab/6.1/i686-pc-mingw32/cof_0102.la
libtool: install: error: cannot install `cof_0102.la' to a directory not ending 
in /home/w3016.5/schleich/tmp/ecs/share/matlab/6.1/i686-pc-mingw32

Well, that's funny because the installation directory actually ends as
requested.  Here are the ltmain.in source lines triggering the error:

# Don't allow the user to place us outside of our expected
# location b/c this prevents finding dependent libraries that
# are installed to the same prefix.
# At present, this check doesn't affect windows .dll's that
# are installed into $libdir/../bin (currently, that works fine)
# but it's something to keep an eye on.
if test "$inst_prefix_dir" = "$destdir"; then
  $echo "$modename: error: cannot install \`$file' to a directory not ending in 
$libdir" 1>&2
  exit 1
fi

For the example above, these lines expand to:

+ test /home/w3016.5/schleich/tmp/ecs/share/ecs/matlab/6.1/i686-pc-mingw32 = 
/home/w3016.5/schleich/tmp/ecs/share/ecs/matlab/6.1/i686-pc-mingw32
+ /home/raid/cea_adm/hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.00/bin/echo libtool: install: error: 
cannot install `cof_0102.la' to a directory not ending in 
/home/w3016.5/schleich/tmp/ecs/share/matlab/6.1/i686-pc-mingw32
+ 1>& 2
libtool: install: error: cannot install `cof_0102.la' to a directory not ending 
in /home/w3016.5/schleich/tmp/ecs/share/matlab/6.1/i686-pc-mingw32
+ exit 1

I'm not sure how to fix the source.  What are the side effects if I
negate the test?  Any comments would be appreciated.

-- 
Ralph