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Date:      Tue, 4 Apr 1995 12:49:30 -0600
From:      Nate Williams <nate@trout.sri.MT.net>
To:        Steven G Kargl  <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com (FreeBSD)
Subject:   Re: new install(1) utility
Message-ID:  <199504041849.MAA06820@trout.sri.MT.net>
In-Reply-To: Steven G Kargl  <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> "new install(1) utility" (Apr  4, 11:27am)

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> (2)  -t -- Preserve the timestamp of the source file on target file.

Is the check done within install to see if the source file is the same
as the target file?  If we are going to be pulling out information on
the original file, it seems to be the best solution to do the check
inside install.  I would also make the Makefiles more clean. :-)

> The timestamp feature may be useful in keeping things (such as includes)
> in sync.

If it does the work for us I think it could be very useful.



Nate



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