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Date:      Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:35:13 +0200
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
Cc:        freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, Simon Gerraty <sjg@juniper.net>
Subject:   Re: Allow user install
Message-ID:  <868vf9w3su.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <CAGE5yCqy5bRoNNDc_4hK9wtvVxEzoQrjNvGyLOvJy2VZAF=tZw@mail.gmail.com> (Peter Wemm's message of "Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:36:41 -0700")
References:  <20120626063017.D05DA58081@chaos.jnpr.net> <86wr2uwdgf.fsf@ds4.des.no> <CAGE5yCobmB6PyCzqSxVgbBomuE7AHWmUd5e4pEqHNeFvxpZCAQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAGE5yCqy5bRoNNDc_4hK9wtvVxEzoQrjNvGyLOvJy2VZAF=tZw@mail.gmail.com>

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Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> writes:
> I'm probably mistaken but I had a vague recollection that install(8)
> used to default to "-o root -g wheel" if you didn't specify something.

There was no default owner or group in 2.0.5, which was the furthest
back I could be bothered to check.  As far as I can tell, there were no
commits to install(1) between BSD 4.4 Lite and FreeBSD 2.0.5.

> And it did something obnoxious like delete the original file...

Yep, but luckily -c has been the default for years now.  I wish -C were
the default...

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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