diff --git a/install-sh b/install-sh
index e9de23842..11870f1b0 100755
--- a/install-sh
+++ b/install-sh
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ then
 	echo "install:	no input file specified"
 	exit 1
 else
-	true
+	:
 fi
 
 if [ x"$dir_arg" != x ]; then
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ if [ x"$dir_arg" != x ]; then
 		instcmd=:
 		chmodcmd=""
 	else
-		instcmd=mkdir
+		instcmd=$mkdirprog
 	fi
 else
 
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ else
 # 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
-		true
+		:
 	else
 		echo "install:  $src does not exist"
 		exit 1
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ else
 		echo "install:	no destination specified"
 		exit 1
 	else
-		true
+		:
 	fi
 
 # If destination is a directory, append the input filename; if your system
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ else
 	then
 		dst="$dst"/`basename $src`
 	else
-		true
+		:
 	fi
 fi
 
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ dstdir=`echo $dst | sed -e 's,[^/]*$,,;s,/$,,;s,^$,.,'`
 
 # Skip lots of stat calls in the usual case.
 if [ ! -d "$dstdir" ]; then
-defaultIFS='	
-'
+defaultIFS='
+	'
 IFS="${IFS-${defaultIFS}}"
 
 oIFS="${IFS}"
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ while [ $# -ne 0 ] ; do
         then
 		$mkdirprog "${pathcomp}"
 	else
-		true
+		:
 	fi
 
 	pathcomp="${pathcomp}/"
@@ -194,10 +194,10 @@ if [ x"$dir_arg" != x ]
 then
 	$doit $instcmd $dst &&
 
-	if [ x"$chowncmd" != x ]; then $doit $chowncmd $dst; else true ; fi &&
-	if [ x"$chgrpcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chgrpcmd $dst; else true ; fi &&
-	if [ x"$stripcmd" != x ]; then $doit $stripcmd $dst; else true ; fi &&
-	if [ x"$chmodcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chmodcmd $dst; else true ; fi
+	if [ x"$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.
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ else
 	then
 		dstfile=`basename $dst`
 	else
-		true
+		:
 	fi
 
 # Make a temp file name in the proper directory.
@@ -235,10 +235,10 @@ 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 $dsttmp; else true;fi &&
-	if [ x"$chgrpcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chgrpcmd $dsttmp; else true;fi &&
-	if [ x"$stripcmd" != x ]; then $doit $stripcmd $dsttmp; else true;fi &&
-	if [ x"$chmodcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chmodcmd $dsttmp; else true;fi &&
+	if [ x"$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 rename the file to the real destination.
 
diff --git a/missing b/missing
index 0a7fb5a2a..6a37006e8 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
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Supported PROGRAM values:
     ;;
 
   -v|--v|--ve|--ver|--vers|--versi|--versio|--version)
-    echo "missing 0.3 - GNU automake"
+    echo "missing 0.4 - GNU automake"
     ;;
 
   -*)
@@ -87,7 +87,12 @@ Supported PROGRAM values:
     exit 1
     ;;
 
-  aclocal)
+  aclocal*)
+    if test -z "$run" && ($1 --version) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+       # We have it, but it failed.
+       exit 1
+    fi
+
     echo 1>&2 "\
 WARNING: \`$1' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
          you modified \`acinclude.m4' or \`${configure_ac}'.  You might want
@@ -97,6 +102,11 @@ WARNING: \`$1' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
     ;;
 
   autoconf)
+    if test -z "$run" && ($1 --version) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+       # We have it, but it failed.
+       exit 1
+    fi
+
     echo 1>&2 "\
 WARNING: \`$1' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
          you modified \`${configure_ac}'.  You might want to install the
@@ -106,6 +116,11 @@ WARNING: \`$1' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
     ;;
 
   autoheader)
+    if test -z "$run" && ($1 --version) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+       # We have it, but it failed.
+       exit 1
+    fi
+
     echo 1>&2 "\
 WARNING: \`$1' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
          you modified \`acconfig.h' or \`${configure_ac}'.  You might want
@@ -124,7 +139,12 @@ WARNING: \`$1' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
     touch $touch_files
     ;;
 
-  automake)
+  automake*)
+    if test -z "$run" && ($1 --version) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+       # We have it, but it failed.
+       exit 1
+    fi
+
     echo 1>&2 "\
 WARNING: \`$1' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
          you modified \`Makefile.am', \`acinclude.m4' or \`${configure_ac}'.
@@ -135,6 +155,34 @@ WARNING: \`$1' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
 	   while read f; do touch "$f"; done
     ;;
 
+  autom4te)
+    if test -z "$run" && ($1 --version) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+       # We have it, but it failed.
+       exit 1
+    fi
+
+    echo 1>&2 "\
+WARNING: \`$1' is needed, and you do not seem to have it handy on your
+         system.  You might have modified some files without having the
+         proper tools for further handling them.
+         You can get \`$1Help2man' as part of \`Autoconf' from any GNU
+         archive site."
+
+    file=`echo "$*" | sed -n 's/.*--output[ =]*\([^ ]*\).*/\1/p'`
+    test -z "$file" && file=`echo "$*" | sed -n 's/.*-o[ ]*\([^ ]*\).*/\1/p'`
+    if test -f "$file"; then
+	touch $file
+    else
+	test -z "$file" || exec >$file
+	echo "#! /bin/sh"
+	echo "# Created by GNU Automake missing as a replacement of"
+	echo "#  $ $@"
+	echo "exit 0"
+	chmod +x $file
+	exit 1
+    fi
+    ;;
+
   bison|yacc)
     echo 1>&2 "\
 WARNING: \`$1' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
@@ -189,6 +237,11 @@ WARNING: \`$1' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
     ;;
 
   help2man)
+    if test -z "$run" && ($1 --version) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+       # We have it, but it failed.
+       exit 1
+    fi
+
     echo 1>&2 "\
 WARNING: \`$1' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
 	 you modified a dependency of a manual page.  You may need the
@@ -240,23 +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 cc1845f31..d2d5f21b6 100755
--- a/mkinstalldirs
+++ b/mkinstalldirs
@@ -4,37 +4,108 @@
 # Created: 1993-05-16
 # Public domain
 
-# $Id: mkinstalldirs,v 1.1 2000-10-01 12:41:11 f4cfe Exp $
-
 errstatus=0
+dirmode=""
+
+usage="\
+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=$1
+      shift
+      ;;
+    --)                         # stop option processing
+      shift
+      break
+      ;;
+    -*)                         # unknown option
+      echo "$usage" 1>&2
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+    *)                          # first non-opt arg
+      break
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
 
 for file
 do
-   set fnord `echo ":$file" | sed -ne 's/^:\//#/;s/^://;s/\// /g;s/^#/\//;p'`
-   shift
+  if test -d "$file"; then
+    shift
+  else
+    break
+  fi
+done
 
-   pathcomp=
-   for d
-   do
-     pathcomp="$pathcomp$d"
-     case "$pathcomp" in
-       -* ) pathcomp=./$pathcomp ;;
-     esac
+case $# in
+  0) exit 0 ;;
+esac
 
-     if test ! -d "$pathcomp"; then
-        echo "mkdir $pathcomp"
+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
+    ;;
+esac
 
-        mkdir "$pathcomp" || lasterr=$?
+for file
+do
+  set fnord `echo ":$file" | sed -ne 's/^:\//#/;s/^://;s/\// /g;s/^#/\//;p'`
+  shift
 
-        if test ! -d "$pathcomp"; then
-  	  errstatus=$lasterr
-        fi
-     fi
+  pathcomp=
+  for d
+  do
+    pathcomp="$pathcomp$d"
+    case $pathcomp in
+      -*) pathcomp=./$pathcomp ;;
+    esac
 
-     pathcomp="$pathcomp/"
-   done
+    if test ! -d "$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: 2
+# End:
 # mkinstalldirs ends here