Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 16:36:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Steven G Kargl <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Cc: rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com, terry@cs.weber.edu, freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: new install(1) utility Message-ID: <199504042336.QAA07416@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <199504042309.RAA07852@trout.sri.MT.net> from "Nate Williams" at Apr 4, 95 05:09:33 pm
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First, Rod, Nate, Terry, You guys type (cut/paste) way too fast, and I thought I drank too much coffee. According to Nate Williams: > > The point I was trying to make was that *NOT* installing things if there > aren't any changes is a good thing to do, and shouldn't be limited to > just the include files. Let's bloat up install to do it. *grin* > Actually, the majority of the bloating of the executable is some added error handling. It's the price one pays for some sanity. My current source adds about 4k to the binary without trying to eliminate some redundant code. -- Steven G. Kargl | Phone: 206-685-4677 | Applied Physics Lab | Fax: 206-543-6785 | Univ. of Washington |---------------------| 1013 NE 40th St | FreeBSD 2.1-current | Seattle, WA 98105 |---------------------|
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