diff -ur tcl.trunk.old/unix/Makefile.in tcl.trunk.new/unix/Makefile.in
--- tcl.trunk.old/unix/Makefile.in	2015-04-04 13:47:53.000000000 +0200
+++ tcl.trunk.new/unix/Makefile.in	2015-04-17 21:11:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -783,10 +783,6 @@
 		INSTALL_PROGRAM="$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) ${INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM}" \
 		INSTALL_LIBRARY="$(INSTALL_LIBRARY) ${INSTALL_STRIP_LIBRARY}"
 
-# Note: before running ranlib below, must cd to target directory because some
-# ranlibs write to current directory, and this might not always be possible
-# (e.g. if installing as root).
-
 install-binaries: binaries
 	@for i in "$(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)" "$(BIN_INSTALL_DIR)" \
 		"$(CONFIG_INSTALL_DIR)"; \
diff -ur tcl.trunk.old/unix/tcl.m4 tcl.trunk.new/unix/tcl.m4
--- tcl.trunk.old/unix/tcl.m4	2015-04-04 13:47:53.000000000 +0200
+++ tcl.trunk.new/unix/tcl.m4	2015-04-17 21:11:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -2060,21 +2060,19 @@
 
         AS_IF([test "$RANLIB" = ""], [
             MAKE_LIB='$(STLIB_LD) [$]@ ${OBJS}'
-            INSTALL_LIB='$(INSTALL_LIBRARY) $(LIB_FILE) "$(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)/$(LIB_FILE)"'
         ], [
             MAKE_LIB='${STLIB_LD} [$]@ ${OBJS} ; ${RANLIB} [$]@'
-            INSTALL_LIB='$(INSTALL_LIBRARY) $(LIB_FILE) "$(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)/$(LIB_FILE)" ; (cd "$(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)" ; $(RANLIB) $(LIB_FILE))'
         ])
+        INSTALL_LIB='$(INSTALL_LIBRARY) $(LIB_FILE) "$(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)/$(LIB_FILE)"'
     ])
 
     # Stub lib does not depend on shared/static configuration
     AS_IF([test "$RANLIB" = ""], [
         MAKE_STUB_LIB='${STLIB_LD} [$]@ ${STUB_LIB_OBJS}'
-        INSTALL_STUB_LIB='$(INSTALL_LIBRARY) $(STUB_LIB_FILE) "$(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)/$(STUB_LIB_FILE)"'
     ], [
         MAKE_STUB_LIB='${STLIB_LD} [$]@ ${STUB_LIB_OBJS} ; ${RANLIB} [$]@'
-        INSTALL_STUB_LIB='$(INSTALL_LIBRARY) $(STUB_LIB_FILE) "$(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)/$(STUB_LIB_FILE)" ; (cd "$(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)" ; $(RANLIB) $(STUB_LIB_FILE))'
     ])
+    INSTALL_STUB_LIB='$(INSTALL_LIBRARY) $(STUB_LIB_FILE) "$(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)/$(STUB_LIB_FILE)"'
 
     # Define TCL_LIBS now that we know what DL_LIBS is.
     # The trick here is that we don't want to change the value of TCL_LIBS if
