Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 17:32:49 -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: <199504042332.RAA08071@trout.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) "Re: new install(1) utility" (Apr 4, 5:15pm)
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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). > > % man install > [ ... ] > -d Create a directory. ..... That ain't a FreeBSD machine you're on so none of the remaining arguements apply. Nate
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