Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 01:35:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org> To: David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src Makefile.inc1 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007230125490.565-100000@green.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20000722170630.A47088@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 03:53:53AM -0400, Brian Fundakowski Feldman wrote:
> > > This is arguably a bug in install(1), which should have an option to
> > > save a backup copy.
> >
> > I'd rather not make install(1) even more of a superset of the original
> > than it is.
>
> Why? DES's request sounds quite reasonable and would be useful in parts
> of our installation process.
I didn't say it's not useful, I am merely stating that it's creeping
featurism, and I'd like not to do that. Unless it would allow me to
do it with less work, I don't see the point; the "less work" I don't
see because to me I could type
target:
${INSTALL} -C -p ${DESTDIR}${PROG} ${DESTDIR}${PROG}.old
as quickly as
target-replacing-install:
${INSTALL} -C -B ${DESTDIR}${PROG}.old ${PROG} ${DESTDIR}${PROG}
I don't see how you could do it just by replacing INSTALLFLAGS unless
you were simply installing just one single file. That's my reasoning
for believing it's not useful. If you can show me a way it really will
be useful, I won't deny it if it works.
> --
> -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
--
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