Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 00:23:18 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Cc: abial@webgiro.com (Andrzej Bialecki), current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make installworld broken??? Message-ID: <20000131162318.4CA241CD7@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Message from "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> of "Mon, 31 Jan 2000 06:50:23 PST." <200001311450.GAA93543@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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"Rodney W. Grimes" wrote: > Good analysis deleted... > > > src/usr.bin/xinstall could probably have been named src/usr.bin/install, > > but PROG has to be xinstall regardless. I guess they kept the two as > > xinstall for consistancy and in case there were other gotcha's like this. > > But you forgot what happens if you have a ``file'' named install: > > cd /tmp > mkdir install > make install > > Now you know the real reason the directory is called ``xinstall''. Ahh yes, of course. 'cd src/usr.bin; make install' would fail. :-) Cheers, -Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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