Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 06:50:23 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> To: peter@netplex.com.au (Peter Wemm) Cc: abial@webgiro.com (Andrzej Bialecki), current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make installworld broken??? Message-ID: <200001311450.GAA93543@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <20000131140715.CEF341CD7@overcee.netplex.com.au> from Peter Wemm at "Jan 31, 2000 10:07:15 pm"
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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''. -- Rod Grimes - KD7CAX @ CN85sl - (RWG25) rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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