Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 21:26:45 -0600 From: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@ref.tfs.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: make install question for you Message-ID: <v02110102ab76f4af81b4@[199.183.109.242]>
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>In the case of a "make install" with a $DESTDIR set, shall /etc be installed ?
>(/etc/passwd and that kind of things)
>
>Argument for:
> You can make a chroot sandbox in one easy op
>Argument agains:
> We shall never clobber any /etc unless asked to do so.
>
>votes ?
I propose the following. I think it accomplishes both objectives. In the
destination /etc directory we do the following in all cases:
Assume the file to be installed is xxx.
IF xxx does not exist THEN
install xxx
ELSE BEGIN
IF xxx.sample exists AND xxx.sample.old does not exist THEN
move xxx.sample to xxx.sample.old.
install xxx as xxx.sample.
END
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Richard Wackerbarth
rkw@dataplex.net
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