From owner-freebsd-current Wed Oct 9 18:27:04 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA27375 for current-outgoing; Wed, 9 Oct 1996 18:27:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA27315 for ; Wed, 9 Oct 1996 18:26:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id KAA16358; Thu, 10 Oct 1996 10:55:40 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199610100125.KAA16358@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: /usr/bin/install in -current broken To: richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (Veggy Vinny) Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 10:55:39 +0930 (CST) Cc: imp@village.org, current@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Veggy Vinny" at Oct 9, 96 01:14:54 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Veggy Vinny stands accused of saying: > > > > Might I suggest that you have '.' in your path before /usr/bin and > > that top also has a install program that is being grabbed first? The > > error message for things that /usr/bin/install doesn't understand > > looks more like: > > Actually, you're right and thanks for pointing it out so how do I > tell which install the make install wants? It wants the one in /usr/bin. Take '.' out of your path. (Sheesh, and you wonder why your local hackers have such an easy time getting root on your systems. Gawd.) > -Vince- GaiaNet Corporation Unix Networking Operations -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[