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Date:      Fri, 7 Jun 2002 22:03:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To:        "J. Mallett" <jmallett@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: patches for [x]install
Message-ID:  <200206080503.g5853XnD069166@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20020607215214.A28624@FreeBSD.ORG> "from J. Mallett at Jun 7, 2002 09:52:15 pm"

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J. Mallett said:
> * From "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
> > J. Mallett said:
> > 
> > No.  The third patch is correct (see below); otherwise I could set
> > INSTALL to " install -C"  QED.
> 
> And I could set BINOWN to something bogus.
> 
> Don't protect the user by removing functionality.

Well, if the first patch is acceptable, then we would
be restoring documented functionality;  otherwise,
rev 1.55 of xinstall.c will remove functionality.

-- 
Steve
http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~kargl/

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