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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libss Makefile
From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami/=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQHUbKEI=?= =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCOCsbKEIgGyRCOC0bKEI=?=)
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 * From: Bill Paul <wpaul@freefall.cdrom.com>

 *   Repeat after me kids: "I will not try to install files into a directory
 *   when I'm not sure whether or not that directory exists."

I've been bitten by this several times.  Maybe we can make a new flag
to cp/install that says "the destination should be a directory...if
not, report an error".

Then we can put this flag to the master Makefile or /etc/make.conf and
be all happy (or at least know it as soon as it fails).

Satoshi (just throwing some ideas around)