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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: install on {Net,Open}BSD vs install on FreeBSD
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>Besides, there is a very good reason to have the option.
                                     ^not
>When you are bootstrapping, you don't care about "doing it right", but
>simply "getting it done". The fewer tools required, the better.

Only mkdir and cp are required.  Portable makefiles often use cp because
`install' might not be available.

Bruce