Date: Tue, 4 Apr 95 14:35:25 MDT From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) To: nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Cc: kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu, freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: new install(1) utility Message-ID: <9504042035.AA18362@cs.weber.edu> In-Reply-To: <199504041950.NAA07029@trout.sri.MT.net> from "Nate Williams" at Apr 4, 95 01:50:08 pm
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> > Hmmm... this could produce a decent timesavings. > > Yes, this would in effect do the same thing as the -t option you have > now and save a tremendous amount of re-linking of files since the > timestamps would not change. Bah humbug. The problem is improper dependency graphs in the makefile. And jamming make-like dependency capability into install is a cockamamy way to fix it. Much better (if one must hack on install) to cause intermediately created directories when installing a target to be owned by the specified user and group instead of being owned by the installer (hint: this would fix a number of X install problems). Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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