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From: Nate Williams <nate@trout.sri.MT.net>
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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