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Date:      Wed, 25 Sep 1996 13:45:29 +1000
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        imp@village.org, rkw@dataplex.net
Cc:        current@freebsd.org, nate@mt.sri.com
Subject:   Re: install on {Net,Open}BSD vs install on FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <199609250345.NAA25622@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>Besides, there is a very good reason to have the option.
                                     ^not
>When you are bootstrapping, you don't care about "doing it right", but
>simply "getting it done". The fewer tools required, the better.

Only mkdir and cp are required.  Portable makefiles often use cp because
`install' might not be available.

Bruce



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