2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6c1506d36..0da30e158 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-10-11  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+	* bootstrap (symlink_to_gnulib): Fix bug: the dot_dots shell
+	variable was sometimes used without being initialized.  This
+	messed up the installation of the INSTALL file in some cases.
+
 2006-10-11  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
 	* src/ls.c (usage): Correct description of -s, --size.
diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 118156dfd..a2d4faa0a 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -274,8 +274,9 @@ symlink_to_gnulib()
       src_ls=`ls -diL "$src" 2>/dev/null` && set $src_ls && src_i=$1 &&
       dst_ls=`ls -diL "$dst" 2>/dev/null` && set $dst_ls && dst_i=$1 &&
       test "$src_i" = "$dst_i" || {
+	dot_dots=
 	case $src in
-	/*) dot_dots=;;
+	/*) ;;
 	*)
 	  case /$dst/ in
 	  *//* | */../* | */./* | /*/*/*/*/*/)