Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 16:30:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Cc: current@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: install on {Net,Open}BSD vs install on FreeBSD
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.960922162853.31943D-100000@packet.eng.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199609221956.NAA17147@rover.village.org>
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On Sun, 22 Sep 1996, Warner Losh wrote:
> I've found a difference in the way the install command's syntax and
> functionality on {Net,Open}BSD (hereafter "other BSDs") vs FreeBSD.
>
> In the other BSDs, install -d means to create the directory. In
> FreeBSD it means to turn on debugging. I propose that we implement
> the other BSDs' -d semantics in FreeBSD, and change -d -> -D for
> debugging. I kinda like the other BSDs functionality, so I thought
> I'd see if there was interest in importing into FreeBSD.
>
> I'll be happy to make the needed patches to install, but I'd like to
> try the waters with this idea before I go off and do a lot of work and
> to get feedback on the wisdom of this change. Yes, including the man
> page :-).
>
> My take: Changing a debugging flag should have minimal impact on the
> install base of FreeBSD. Merging of the syntax (if not the actual
> code) of the install programs is a good thing for the BSD community in
> general, and the FreeBSD speficially. It should be done, and should
> cause few, if any, problems.
I just checked, it's like that on Suns (at least the local sparcserver had
it under the bsd compatibility package). Seems like a fair bet to me, and
I don't think it would break anything in ports.
>
> Comments?
>
> Warner
>
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