diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index aa2526315..558d74d03 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2000-12-08  Ralf Corsepius <corsepiu@faw.uni-ulm.de>
+
+        * Makefile.am: $(INSTALL), $(INSTALL_DATA), and $(INSTALL_PROGRAM)  
+        can be a relative path to $(top_srcdir)/install.sh so ensure the
+        autoconf detected settings are properly passed recursively.
+        Similarly, add AM_MAKEFLAGS to FLAGS_TO_PASS so they also get passed
+        properly to subdirectories.
+	* Makefile.in: Regenerated.
+
 2000-12-07  Jay Kulpinski <jskulpin@eng01.gdds.com>
 
         * libc/stdio/vfprintf.c: Minor modification to avoid requiring
diff --git a/newlib/Makefile.am b/newlib/Makefile.am
index a1ce30a8d..b78fd59c6 100644
--- a/newlib/Makefile.am
+++ b/newlib/Makefile.am
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ AM_MAKEFLAGS = \
 	"CFLAGS=$(CFLAGS)" \
 	"CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD=$(CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD)" \
 	"CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=$(CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET)" \
-	"INSTALL=$(INSTALL)" \
-	"INSTALL_DATA=$(INSTALL_DATA)" \
-	"INSTALL_PROGRAM=$(INSTALL_PROGRAM)" \
-	"INSTALL_SCRIPT=$(INSTALL_SCRIPT)" \
 	"LDFLAGS=$(LDFLAGS)" \
 	"LIBCFLAGS=$(LIBCFLAGS)" \
 	"LIBCFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=$(LIBCFLAGS_FOR_TARGET)" \
@@ -49,6 +45,8 @@ AM_MAKEFLAGS = \
 	"RANLIB=$(RANLIB)" \
 	"DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR)"
 
+FLAGS_TO_PASS=$(AM_MAKEFLAGS)
+
 if HAVE_DOC
 DOCDIR = doc
 endif
diff --git a/newlib/Makefile.in b/newlib/Makefile.in
index eb0fdaaf8..db16a1f8a 100644
--- a/newlib/Makefile.in
+++ b/newlib/Makefile.in
@@ -95,10 +95,6 @@ AM_MAKEFLAGS = \
 	"CFLAGS=$(CFLAGS)" \
 	"CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD=$(CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD)" \
 	"CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=$(CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET)" \
-	"INSTALL=$(INSTALL)" \
-	"INSTALL_DATA=$(INSTALL_DATA)" \
-	"INSTALL_PROGRAM=$(INSTALL_PROGRAM)" \
-	"INSTALL_SCRIPT=$(INSTALL_SCRIPT)" \
 	"LDFLAGS=$(LDFLAGS)" \
 	"LIBCFLAGS=$(LIBCFLAGS)" \
 	"LIBCFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=$(LIBCFLAGS_FOR_TARGET)" \
@@ -126,8 +122,9 @@ AM_MAKEFLAGS = \
 	"DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR)"
 
 
-@HAVE_DOC_TRUE@DOCDIR = \
-@HAVE_DOC_TRUE@doc
+FLAGS_TO_PASS = $(AM_MAKEFLAGS)
+
+@HAVE_DOC_TRUE@DOCDIR = @HAVE_DOC_TRUE@doc
 
 SUBDIRS = libc libm $(DOCDIR) .
 
@@ -409,7 +406,7 @@ distdir: $(DISTFILES)
 	@for file in $(DISTFILES); do \
 	  if test -f $$file; then d=.; else d=$(srcdir); fi; \
 	  if test -d $$d/$$file; then \
-	    cp -pr $$/$$file $(distdir)/$$file; \
+	    cp -pr $$d/$$file $(distdir)/$$file; \
 	  else \
 	    test -f $(distdir)/$$file \
 	    || ln $$d/$$file $(distdir)/$$file 2> /dev/null \