diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a59563f761..db43a63510 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ Sun Aug  1 11:36:27 1993  Fred Fish  (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
 	* Makefile.in (make-gdb.tar.gz):  Minor changes to move closer
 	to convergence with 'taz' target in Makefile.in.
 
+Fri Jul 30 12:34:57 1993  david d `zoo' zuhn  (zoo@rtl.cygnus.com)
+
+	* install.sh (dsttmp): use trap to ensure that tmp files go
+	away on error conditions
+
 Wed Jul 28 11:57:36 1993  david d `zoo' zuhn  (zoo@rtl.cygnus.com)
 
 	* Makefile.in (BASE_FLAGS_TO_PASS): remove LOADLIBES
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 6c51cad469..6e92d0b534 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ fi
 ## this sed command emulates the dirname command
 dstdir=`echo $dst | sed -e 's,[^/]*$,,;s,/$,,;s,^$,.,'`
 dsttmp=$dstdir/#inst.$$#
+trap "rm -f ${dsttmp}" 0
 
 # Make sure that the destination directory exists.
 #  this part is taken from Noah Friedman's mkinstalldirs script