--- Makefile.in
+++ Makefile.in
@@ -50,9 +50,13 @@
 	$(MAKE) INSTALL_PROGRAM='$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(STRIP)' install
 
 installdirs:
-	$(MKDIR) $(libdir) $(bindir) $(sbindir) $(includedir) $(sysconfdir); \
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) 
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir); \
 	if test "x@ELISP@" != "x" ; then \
-		$(MKDIR) $(lispdir) ; \
+		$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(lispdir) ; \
 	fi
 
 ### GENERIC
--- Makefile.include.in
+++ Makefile.include.in
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 INSTALL           = @INSTALL@
 INSTALL_PROGRAM   = @INSTALL_PROGRAM@
 INSTALL_DATA      = @INSTALL_DATA@
+INSTALL_DIR       = @INSTALL@ -d
 LN_S              = @LN_S@
 EMACS             = @EMACS@
 ELISP             = @ELISP@
--- doc/Makefile.in
+++ doc/Makefile.in
@@ -112,29 +112,18 @@
 # install & uninstall
 
 installdirs:	
-	$(MKDIR) $(man1dir) $(man7dir) $(man8dir) $(infodir)	
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(man7dir)
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(man8dir)
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)	
 
 install:	all installdirs
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) -m 644 mev.1          $(man1dir)
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) -m 644 mouse-test.1   $(man1dir)
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) -m 644 gpm-root.1     $(man1dir)
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) -m 644 gpm-types.7    $(man7dir)
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) -m 644 gpm.8          $(man8dir)
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) -m 644 $(srcdir)/gpm.info       $(infodir)
-	# Use install-info if available
-	-if $(SHELL) -c 'install-info --version' >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
-	  if [ -f $(infodir)/dir ] ; then \
-		install-info --dir-file=$(infodir)/dir $(infodir)/gpm.info; \
-	  fi; \
-	fi
-	#itz Sat Dec 26 23:21:05 PST 1998
-	#i keep all my infopages compressed and i'm tired to do it by
-	#hand, so check if there are any compressed pages and do this
-	#one too
-	-ls $(infodir)/*[-.]info.gz >/dev/null 2>&1 \
-		&& gzip -f $(infodir)/gpm.info
-	# Hmm.... shouldn't man pages be compressed too?
-   # maybe they should, but at least at my system they are not.
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) -m 644 mev.1          $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) -m 644 mouse-test.1   $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) -m 644 gpm-root.1     $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) -m 644 gpm-types.7    $(DESTDIR)$(man7dir)
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) -m 644 gpm.8          $(DESTDIR)$(man8dir)
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) -m 644 $(srcdir)/gpm.info       $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)
 
 # This potentially leaves around cached manpages,
 # e.g. /var/cache/man/cat1/mev.1.gz.  Deleting these is not our job,
--- src/Makefile.in
+++ src/Makefile.in
@@ -91,15 +91,15 @@
 installdirs:
 
 install:	check 
-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) gpm $(sbindir)/gpm
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) -m 644 lib/libgpm.a $(libdir)/libgpm.a
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) -m 644 $(srcdir)/headers/gpm.h $(includedir)/gpm.h
+	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) gpm $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)/gpm
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) -m 644 lib/libgpm.a $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libgpm.a
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) -m 644 $(srcdir)/headers/gpm.h $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)/gpm.h
 	# POSIX requires the range of a for loop be nonempty and Bash
 	# 2.x goes along; unfortunately that means an additional
 	# headache in cases like this
 	if test "x@SHLIB@" != "x" ; then \
-		$(INSTALL_DATA) -m 644 lib/libgpm.so.@abi_full@ $(libdir)/libgpm.so.@abi_full@ ;\
-		cd $(libdir) && $(LN_S) -f libgpm.so.@abi_full@ libgpm.so ;\
+		$(INSTALL_DATA) -m 755 lib/libgpm.so.@abi_full@ $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libgpm.so.@abi_full@ ;\
+		cd $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) && $(LN_S) -f libgpm.so.@abi_full@ libgpm.so ;\
       echo "WARNING: We installed a lib, you should now call ldconfig" ; \
       echo "f.i.: ldconfig -n -l $(libdir)/libgpm.so.@abi_full@" ;\
       echo "Or to update everything just type ldconfig"; \
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 
    # prog/
 	for i in $(PROG); do \
-		$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $$i $(bindir)/`echo $$i | sed 's,prog/,,'` ;\
+		$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/`echo $$i | sed 's,prog/,,'` ;\
 	done
 
 install-strip:
--- src/special.c
+++ src/special.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
       open(GPM_NULL_DEV,O_RDONLY); /* stdin  */
       open(option.consolename,O_WRONLY); /* stdout */
       dup(1);                     /* stderr */
-      for (i=3;i<OPEN_MAX; i++) close(i);
+      for (i=3;i<getdtablesize(); i++) close(i);
       execl("/bin/sh","sh","-c",command,(char *)NULL);
       exit(1); /* shouldn't happen */