Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 17:12:43 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: axl@iafrica.com, pantzer@ludd.luth.se Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIS with HPUX 10.20 Message-ID: <199901280612.RAA13010@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> If installworld assumes single-user mode, why do we install -C >> ld-elf.so.1 ? The first time I asked this question, I didn't mention >> ... >Why _not_ use -C? What is the point in replacing a file with the same file? >install -C will replace the file if the new file is diffrent. Plain install may be a bit faster, and some people may like all timestamps to be set to the time of the install. Using -C is optional. I always use it (and -p). >That is realy good if you do backups as only the new files will be in the >backup. That's the main reason for -C. >And it is good if installworld works on a active system even if it is not >supported. Plain install should work just as well for that (it doesn't). Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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