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Date:      Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:57:23 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org>, pav@FreeBSD.org, Pietro Cerutti <gahr@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/java/eclipseme Makefile distinfo pkg-plist
Message-ID:  <47E15403.3050301@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20080319174649.GA61987@FreeBSD.org>
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Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 10:30:02AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
>> Pav Lucistnik wrote:
>>
>>> Still, the mkdir call may fall, and then the failure is less obvious to
>>> the user/porter.
>> If mkdir fails, the install of the files will fail,
> 
> For correctness' sake it should be noted that only in case of multiple
> file installations.  Single file will succeed (it will be installed with
> target directory name).

I was thinking of cp(1), but technically you are correct for
install(1). However even that issue can be addressed by doing 'install
file /usr/local/share/doc/dir/file' if you're really concerned about it.

Doug

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