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From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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To: John Toon <john.toon@btinternet.com>
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Subject: Re: Installworld failure!
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John Toon wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Ack, make installworld failed! The Makefile seems broken:
> 
> Dionysus# make installworld
> mkdir -p /tmp/install.281
> for prog in [ awk cat chflags chmod chown date echo egrep find grep
> install ln make makewhatis mtree mv perl rm sed sh sysctl  test true
> uname wc zic; do  cp `which $prog` /tmp/install.281;  done
> usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i] [-pv] src target
>        cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i] [-pv] src1 ... srcN directory
> *** Error code 64
> 
> Stop in /usr/src.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/src.
> 
> The cp command is being called incorrectly...
> 
> Anyone got any suggestions?

The `which $prog` is failing for one of your targets,
and as a result, the 'cp' ends up with only one argument.

-- Terry

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