Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 15:59:15 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@trout.sri.MT.net> To: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: new install(1) utility Message-ID: <199504042159.PAA07511@trout.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) "Re: new install(1) utility" (Apr 4, 2:35pm)
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As long as I'm in a rebutting mood. > 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). 1) Install doesn't create any intermediate directories. Install doesn't create directories period. (Although NetBSD has added support for that in their version). 2) What X install programs are you talking about? There aren't any permission problems with X that I'm aware of, short of the setuid/setgid requirements for certain programs which makes it difficult to install them as normal users. Nate
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